Villa Medici, Fiesole
Patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy
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The Villa Medici is a patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany.
See also
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- Villa San Girolamo, just above the Villa Medici
- Medici villas
- Italian Renaissance garden
References:
In Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel The English Patient, the titular character identifies the ruined convent in which the characters are staying as the Villa Bruscoli, or the Villa Medici in Fiesole.[1]
References
- ^ Ondaatje, Michael (1992). The English Patient. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 56. ISBN 0679745203.
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- Medici lions
- Medici porcelain
- Medici Vase
- Venus de' Medici
- Arazzeria Medicea
43°48′21.16″N 11°17′21.21″E / 43.8058778°N 11.2892250°E / 43.8058778; 11.2892250