Boboli Gardens
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The Boboli Gardens is a large park in Florence, originally designed as the garden of the Medici family's Pitti Palace in the mid-16th century. It is an important early Italian garden which influenced
The main axis through the anfiteatro centered on Palazzo Pitti
Boboli pianta antica
Boboli Gardens Amphitheatre, viewed from the Palazzo Pitti
Bathing Venus by Giambologna as seen in the third chamber of the Buontalenti Grotto
The Fountain of Neptune is situated in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, near the northwest corner of the Palazzo Vecchio. It was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1559 to celebrate h
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…Vecchio, newly transformed into the ducal residence, and other fountains of the city. A second aqueduct from the Ginevra Spring was built in 1565. The Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria and the Fountain of Neptune in the Boboli Gardens symbolized Cosimo's gift to the city. The primary axis, centered on the…
The Fountain of Neptune at mid-day
Close-up of the Neptune's statue
The fountain after its hand was cut off by vandals on the night of August 4, 2005
Wheel on Neptune's chariot with Zodiac signs