List of gardens in Italy
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This article encompasses most of the gardens found in Italy.
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- Palace of PorticiPalace of PorticiThe Royal Palace of Portici is a former royal palace in Portici, southern Italy. Today it is the home of the Orto Botanico di Portici. The Botanic Gardens are operated by the University of Naples Federico II...
- Palazzo PfannerPalazzo PfannerPalazzo Pfanner is a palace and a garden in Lucca, Italy, now converted into a museum of art and artifacts. The building dates to 1667, and is notable mainly for its fine garden, attributed to Filippo Juvarra, and an interesting external stairway with loggia....
- Villa Palmieri, FiesoleVilla Palmieri, FiesoleVilla Palmieri is a patrician villa in the Fiesole, central Italy, that overlooks Florence. The villa's gardens on slopes below the piazza S. Domenico of Fiesole are credited with being the paradisal setting for the frame story of Boccaccio's Decameron....
- Park of the MonstersPark of the MonstersThe Park of the Monsters , also named Garden of Bomarzo, is a Renaissance monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy....
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- Villa ArrighettiVilla ArrighettiVilla Arrighetti is a villa in Tuscany, Italy, situated in Arcetri near Florence. The original house was built in 1472, but was rebuilt in its present form by Giulio de Filippo Arrighetti in 1602. Arrighetti was friendly with the scientist Galileo, who retired to Arcetri, effectively under house...
- Villa CarlottaVilla CarlottaVilla Carlotta is a villa in Northern Italy on Lake Como. It was built for the Milanese marquis Giorgio Clerici in 1690 and extends over a area in Tremezzo, facing the Bellagio peninsula. An Italian garden, with steps, fountains and sculptures was laid out at the same time...
- Villa CetinaleVilla CetinaleVilla Cetinale is a 17th century villa in Tuscany, Italy, located in the hamlet of Cetinale near Sovicille and about 12 km west of Siena....
- Villa Cicogna MozzoniVilla Cicogna MozzoniThe Villa Cicogna Mozzoni is a patrician residence in Bisuschio, near Varese, northern Italy. It is an example of Italian Lombard Renaissance architecture....
- Villa CimbroneVilla CimbroneVilla Cimbrone is a historic building in Ravello, on the Amalfi coast of southern Italy, dating from at least the 11th century AD, although little of the original structure is now visible...
- Villa d'EsteVilla d'EsteThe Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden.-History:...
- Villa di QuartoVilla di QuartoThe Villa di Quarto is a villa on via di Quarto in Florence, in the hilly zone at the foot of the Monte Morello. Quarto is one of the toponyms relating to the Roman milestones, the most famous of which in this area is Sesto Fiorentino, of 45,000 inhabitants.-History:The villa was built in the 15th...
- Villa Durazzo-PallaviciniVilla Durazzo-PallaviciniThe Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical garden. The villa now houses the Museo di Archeologia Ligure, and is located at Via Pallavicini, 13, immediately next to the railway station in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy...
- Villa Giovannelli Colonna
- Villa LancellottiVilla LancellottiVilla Lancellotti is a villa in Frascati, Italy, the nearest to the town centre. This villa was constructed in 1582 by Cardinal Bonanni. It was sold in 1617 to the banker Roberto Primo who constructed the 'teatro d'acqua' at the far end of the garden. The theatre is a direct copy of that at the...
- Villa MarliaVilla MarliaThe Villa Marlia is an Italian Renaissance residence in the province of Lucca, Tuscany. It is famous for its water garden, especially the water theatre.-Sister projects:...
- Villa Medici at CafaggioloVilla Medici at CafaggioloThe Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa situated near the Tuscan town of Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, some 25 kilometres north of Florence, central Italy. It was one of the oldest and most favoured of the Medici family estates, having been in the possession of...
- Villa Medici at CareggiVilla Medici at CareggiThe Villa Medici at Careggi is a patrician villa in the hills near Florence, Tuscany, central Italy.-History:The villa was among the first of a number of Medici villas, notable as the site of the Platonic academy founded by Cosimo de' Medici, who died at the villa in 1464...
- Villa Widmann – Foscari
- Villa di CorlianoVilla di CorlianoThe Palazzo al Borgo di Corliano is a villa situated near coast of Tuscany, central Italy, in the valley between Lucca and Pisa, 2 kilometres from the Spa town of San Giuliano Terme...
- Villa di PratolinoVilla di PratolinoThe Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1820: its remains are now part of Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna.-History:...