Pistoia: a city with a valuable medieval center

Cities, Piana di Pistoia, Pistoia, Province of Pistoia 987 Views

The facade of the Cathedral of Pistoia. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

Pistoia is a city of over ninety thousand inhabitants located in a flat area (67 meters above sea level) in the center of a vast plain crossed by the Ombrone river. The city is located between the Apennines and Monte Albano. Among the activities taking place around the city, the most famous is that of nursery gardening. HISTORY The history ...

Medici Villas: the villas of the lords of Florence

Florence, Florentine belt, Lower Valdarno, Mugello and Val di Sieve, Museums, Villas and Palaces, Piana di Pistoia, Province of Florence, Province of Lucca, Province of Pistoia, Province of Prato, Versilia 897 Views

Villa di Cafaggiolo, Barberino del Mugello. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The Medici Villas are among the most original architectural structures of the Italian Renaissance. These villas were built between the fifteenth and seventeenth century by the lords of Florence, the Medici. The Medici Villas represent a kind of new building for its time, which differed both from the typical farms from the stately castles. The Medici Villas are an example ...