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  • Camera della Bella Rosina or Countess' Bedroom, with blue silk French wallpaper chosen by Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, and elm wood dressing table by Jean Baptiste Gilles Youf, early 19th century, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The 19th century furniture is from the Villa Reale in Marlia, near Lucca. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boudoir, the queen's powder room, with Empire style furniture including chairs with nacre inserts from the Villa Reale in Marlia near Lucca, and 18th century portraits in pastel, some by Giovanna Fratellini the Medici court painter, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lorenzo the Magnificent receiving the Villa di Poggio from the architect, monochrome wall painting by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the  Entrance Hall on the first floor or piano nobile, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of the Villa del Poggio Imperiale, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Poggio Imperiale, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Villa del Poggio Imperiale, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The statue on the right plinth is Hercules holding the Celestial Globe, 1568, by Vicenzo de Rossi. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Poggio Imperiale, aerial view, a neoclassical Villa Medicea in Arcetri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Originally built in the 15th century, the villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century. It was enlarged in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It was the seat of the Educandato Statale della Santissima Annunziata 1865-2015. The villa forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Trebbio, a Medici villa, and the surrounding countryside, near San Piero a Sieve, Mugello, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was built for Giovanni di Bicci de Medici, founder of the Medici bank, then by his son, Cosimo de Medici, who had it remodelled by Michelozzo, 1396-1472, as a fortified castle. It was enlarged in the 16th century by Cosimo I de Medici and Ferdinand I de Medici. The villa features a tower, moat, drawbridge, central courtyard with well, walled garden, terraces, woods and agricultural estate. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Trebbio, a Medici villa near San Piero a Sieve, Mugello, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was built for Giovanni di Bicci de Medici, founder of the Medici bank, then by his son, Cosimo de Medici, who had it remodelled by Michelozzo, 1396-1472, as a fortified castle. It was enlarged in the 16th century by Cosimo I de Medici and Ferdinand I de Medici. The villa features a tower, moat, drawbridge, central courtyard with well, walled garden, terraces, woods and agricultural estate. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden and belvedere (right) were designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Belvedere and fountain in the gardens of the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden and belvedere were designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala dei Giochi or Games Room, furnished by the Lorraines, with a large billiards table added in 1865 by Vittorio Emanuele II, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the walls are 17th century Florentine paintings. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's Study, used by King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, decorated with French velvet upholstery and wall covering from the Modena Ducal Palace, with an Empire style desk, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's Study, used by King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, decorated with French velvet upholstery and wall covering from the Modena Ducal Palace, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. A little window connects the room to the chapel, and on the table is a reproduction of Trajan's Column, 1800-24, in metal. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Dining Room or Tapestry Room, used for formal banquets for the Savoy Monarchy, with neoclassical furniture, crystal chandeliers and 17th century Flemish tapestries, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terrace and Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grotto style water fountain with water spout in a bacchic head, in the Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terrace overlooking the Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lorenzo the Magnificent receiving the Villa di Poggio from the architect, monochrome wall painting by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Entrance Hall on the first floor or piano nobile, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chariot of the sun, glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta frieze with classical scenes, detail, attributed to Bertolodi Giovanni, 1440-91 and Andrea Sansovino, 1467-1529, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The frieze was originally on the architrave of the pediment of the loggia of the villa, but was moved inside in 1992 and restored 2010-11. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, refurnished in 1865 for the Countess of Mirafiori, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, with pink floral fabric walls and ceiling by Ferri, a canopied bed and furniture from Modena, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bathoom, designed for Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, designed by Giuseppe Cacialli, with Biedermeier style furniture, grey marble bath and frescoes by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa di Poggio a Caiano, aerial view, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco, 1560-62, of Hercules proving his strength to local peasants, plunging his staff deep into the earth and removing it, creating the crater which became the Lago di Vico in the Cimini mountains near Caprarola, in the Room of Hercules or Sala d'Ercole, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The statues and putti were restored in the 16th century, some by Giovanni Battista de Bianchi. This room was originally known as the Room of the Perspective Views, after the room painted by Baldassarre Peruzzi at the Villa Farnesina in Rome. It is on the Piano Nobile or main floor, and was used as a summer dining room. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of scenes of Jupiter’s childhood, 1560-62, with Jupiter looked after by nymphs and raised on Mount Ida in Crete by the goat Amalthea, in the Room of Hercules or Sala d'Ercole, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This room was originally known as the Room of the Perspective Views, after the room painted by Baldassarre Peruzzi at the Villa Farnesina in Rome. It is on the Piano Nobile or main floor, and was used as a summer dining room. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco detail from the ceiling of the Room of the Swans, used as a theatre, in the Winter Apartment, painted 1567-69 by Federico Zuccari, 1542-1609, with the coat of arms of Odoardo Farnese and flying swans, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The ceiling was inspired by Giulio Romani's ceiling in Villa Madama. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Trebbio, a Medici villa, and the surrounding countryside, near San Piero a Sieve, Mugello, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was built for Giovanni di Bicci de Medici, founder of the Medici bank, then by his son, Cosimo de Medici, who had it remodelled by Michelozzo, 1396-1472, as a fortified castle. It was enlarged in the 16th century by Cosimo I de Medici and Ferdinand I de Medici. The villa features a tower, moat, drawbridge, central courtyard with well, walled garden, terraces, woods and agricultural estate. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa del Trebbio, a Medici villa, and the surrounding countryside, near San Piero a Sieve, Mugello, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was built for Giovanni di Bicci de Medici, founder of the Medici bank, then by his son, Cosimo de Medici, who had it remodelled by Michelozzo, 1396-1472, as a fortified castle. It was enlarged in the 16th century by Cosimo I de Medici and Ferdinand I de Medici. The villa features a tower, moat, drawbridge, central courtyard with well, walled garden, terraces, woods and agricultural estate. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villas Room, with wall paintings of villas and displays of ceramics, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Chapel, with Baroque ceiling frescoes by Pietro Dandini, 1646-1712, of saints and angels ascending to the Trinity, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This room was originally Cosimo III de Medici's bedroom, study room and private chapel and was remodelled in 1774 by the Lorraines. The wall frescoes by Rinaldo Botti, Giuseppe Gricci and Giuseppe Del Moro, late 17th century, depict classical architraved loggia with columns and niches occupied by Virtues. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inner courtyard with frescoes, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The frescoes on the north and south walls are by Cosimo Daddi painted 1589-94, commissioned by Cristina of Loren, wife of Ferdinando I de Medici, depicting the exploits of Godfrey of Bouillon at the capture of Jerusalem. The frescoes in the arcades, 1637-47, are by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, depicting the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family. The glazed roof, Venetian tiling and amethyst chandelier were built by the Kings of Savoy in 1872, when the courtyard was used as a ballroom for the wedding of Emanuele di Mirafiori and Blanche de Larderel. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scene from the exploits of Godfrey of Bouillon at the capture of Jerusalem, fresco, 1589-94, by Cosimo Daddi, 1575-1630, in the inner courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The frescoes were commissioned by Cristina of Loren, wife of Ferdinando I de Medici. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cosimo I de Medici introduces his son Francesco to the government, detail, fresco, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The scene is set in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, where Francesco, enthroned, receives the Florentine senators. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self portrait of the artist, detail from the fresco of Giuliano Duke of Florence, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giuliano Duke of Florence, with self portrait of the artist, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Giuliano Duke of Florence, with self portrait of the artist, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Leo X meeting Francois I of France, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The meeting took place in 1515 in Bologna to agree possession of the duchies of Parma and Piacenza. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's Study, a waiting room used by Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy as a personal office in the 19th century, with mahogany furniture and walls covered with French wallpaper, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The carpet from the Palazzo Ducale in Parma. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Green Living Room, with 17th century landscape paintings and neoclassical furniture, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inner courtyard with frescoes, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The frescoes on the north and south walls are by Cosimo Daddi painted 1589-94, commissioned by Cristina of Loren, wife of Ferdinando I de Medici, depicting the exploits of Godfrey of Bouillon at the capture of Jerusalem. The frescoes in the arcades, 1637-47, are by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, depicting the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family. The glazed roof, Venetian tiling and amethyst chandelier were built by the Kings of Savoy in 1872, when the courtyard was used as a ballroom for the wedding of Emanuele di Mirafiori and Blanche de Larderel. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining Room, with mid 19th century furniture and lamps and Ginori porcelain on console tables, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The carpet was made in 1860 by Girolamo Podesta. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Catherine de Medici with her children, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The children depicted are Francis II, Charles IX, Henry III, Francesco Ercole Duke of Alencon, Elizabeth Queen of Spain, Claudia Duchess of Lorraine, and Margaret wife of Henry of Navarre. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marie de Medici, queen of France, with her children, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The children are Louis XIII, Don Gastone, the princess Nicola, Enrichetta Maria queen of England and Maria Cristina Duchess of Savoy, with her dog. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lemon tree in plant pot through trompe l'oeil open door, with pot representing the Medici family, used in the gardens here, by Rinaldo Botti, Giuseppe Gricci and Giuseppe Del Moro, late 17th century, in the New Chapel, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This room was originally Cosimo III de Medici's bedroom, study room and private chapel and was remodelled in 1774 by the Lorraines. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Chapel, with ceiling frescoes by Pier Dandini of saints and angels ascending to the Trinity, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This room was originally Cosimo III de Medici's bedroom, study room and private chapel and was remodelled in 1774 by the Lorraines. The wall frescoes by Rinaldo Botti, Giuseppe Gricci and Giuseppe Del Moro, late 17th century, depict classical architraved loggia with columns and niches occupied by Virtues. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cosimo II receives the victors from the Battle of Bona, detail, fresco, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The scene is set outside the church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri in the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa. Tuscan nobles have returned from the battle in Tunisia in 1608, and prisoners and slaves are also depicted. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inner courtyard with frescoes, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The frescoes on the north and south walls are by Cosimo Daddi painted 1589-94, commissioned by Cristina of Loren, wife of Ferdinando I de Medici, depicting the exploits of Godfrey of Bouillon at the capture of Jerusalem. The frescoes in the arcades, 1637-47, are by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, depicting the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family. The glazed roof, Venetian tiling and amethyst chandelier were built by the Kings of Savoy in 1872, when the courtyard was used as a ballroom for the wedding of Emanuele di Mirafiori and Blanche de Larderel. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Italian garden designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agnolo Poliziano crowning the head of Homer with a bay leaf wreath, monochrome wall painting by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Entrance Hall on the first floor or piano nobile, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Vittoria Della Rovere, 1622-94, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, wife of Ferdinando II de Medici, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Return of Cicero from Exile, a metaphor for Cosimo I de Medici's expulsion and triumphal return to Florence, fresco, c. 1520, by Franciabigio, 1482-1525, in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Consul Flaminio speaking to the council of the Achaeans, a metaphor for the intervention of Lorenzo the Magnificent in the Dieta di Cremona, fresco, 1578-82, by Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607, in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pietra Serena staircase, leading to the bedroom of King Victor Emmanuel II, previously used by Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the Stanza del Camino or Fireplace Room in the Apartment of Bianca Cappello, wife of Francesco I, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, white marble, Renaissance, with 2 atlantes, in the Stanza del Camino or Fireplace Room in the Apartment of Bianca Cappello, wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, white marble, Renaissance, with 2 atlantes, in the Stanza del Camino or Fireplace Room in the Apartment of Bianca Cappello, wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala dei Biliardi, or Billiards Room, in 19th century Savoyard style, with ceiling frescoes of a pergola with cherubs and cupids, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Teatro delle Commedie, used for plays and concerts, designed before 1675 by Marguerite-Louise d'Orleans, wife of Cosimo III de Medici, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase, designed in 1807 by Poccianti, 1774-1858, leading from ground floor to second floor, with hanging lantern, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medici Family tree, 1642-70, copy of an original 17th century Florentine painting, in the Sala del Fregio or Frieze Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virtue, fresco, detail, by Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607, above a door in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrel vaulted coffered stucco ceiling, with many Medicean emblems including the central coat of arms of Giovanni de Medici or Pope Leo X, in the Main Hall, designed by Sangallo in 1485, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrel vaulted coffered stucco ceiling, with many Medicean emblems including the central coat of arms of Giovanni de Medici or Pope Leo X, in the Main Hall, designed by Sangallo in 1485, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Study, with Prussian chandelier and candlesticks in gilded bronze and painted glass, in the Apartment of Elisa and the Bella Rosina, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. These rooms were lived in from 1809 by Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, then from 1856 by Rosa Vercellana, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apotheosis of Cosimo the elder Introduced to Jupiter by the City of Florence, 1698, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani for Ferdinando de Medici, ceiling fresco, in the Dining Room, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinand II de Medici, 1610-70, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's Bedroom, in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, designed after 1865, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Vittoria Della Rovere, 1622-94, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, wife of Ferdinando II de Medici, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait o Maria Maddalena of Austria, 1589-1631, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, wife of Cosimo II de Medici, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait de Cosimo III de Medici, 1642-1723, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait de Cosimo III de Medici, 1642-1723, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painting, detail, by Justus Sutermans, 1597-1681, in the Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_141.jpg
  • Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, designed after 1865, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The room has fabric wall coverings, neoclassical ceiling frescoes, Neo Rococo Piemontese furniture and Savoy family portraits. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_140.jpg
  • Reception Room in the Apartment of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, designed after 1865, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The room has fabric wall coverings, neoclassical ceiling frescoes, Neo Rococco Piemontese furniture and Savoy family portraits. The apartment consists of 4 rooms used as the country seat of the King and his wife, the Countess of Mirafiori, Rosa Vercellana, known as the Bella Rosina. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_139.jpg
  • Bathoom, designed for Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, designed by Giuseppe Cacialli, with Biedermeier style furniture, grey marble bath and frescoes by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, refurnished in 1865 for the Countess of Mirafiori, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, with pink floral fabric walls and ceiling by Ferri, a canopied bed and furniture from Modena, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_136.jpg
  • Bathoom, designed for Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, designed by Giuseppe Cacialli, with Biedermeier style furniture, grey marble bath and frescoes by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_134.jpg
  • Dining Room, with ceiling fresco, Apotheosis of Cosimo the elder Introduced to Jupiter by the City of Florence, 1698, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani for Ferdinando de Medici, and stucco designed by Antonio Sailer, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Syphax of Numidia Receives Scipione after his Defeat of Hasdrubal in Spain, a metaphor for Lorenzo the Magnificent meeting King Ferdinand I of Naples in Naples, fresco, 1578-82, by Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607, in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vertumnus and Pomona, fresco, detail, 1519-21, by Pontormo, 1494-1557, in a lunette in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_131.jpg
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