Montelupo Fiorentino is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 20 kilometres southwest of Florence.
Panorama of Montelupo Fiorentino
Arlecchino type plate with a horseman, an example of Montelupo's pottery from the beginning of the 17th century at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo
The 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 the family since the 14th century, when it was owned by Averardo de' Medici. Averardo's son, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, is considered to be the founder of the Medici dynasty.
Castello Mediceo di Cafaggiolo, in a view by Giusto (or Gustav) Utens, 1599.
Villa Medicea di Careggi, the first of the Florentine villas, was also created for Cosimo de' Medici by Michelozzo from an existing castle.