Villa Schifanoia
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The Villa Schifanoia is a historic property that includes an aristocratic mansion and garden in Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, and which has been used as an academic facility by the European Univer
Main façade fronting the garden
The villa's Italian garden
View from the garden
Streetside façade
The European University Institute is an intergovernmental postgraduate and post-doctoral research institute in the social sciences and humanities, based at Fiesole in the hills above Florence, Italy.
Villa Schifanoia
…includes an aristocratic mansion (Italian: villa) and garden in Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, and which has been used as an academic facility by the European University Institute since the late 1980s. It lies near the boundary with the Province of Florence, close to the nearby city of Fiesole. The villa, whose name refers to its…
The Badia Fiesolana, home to the EUI's headquarters, as seen from Fiesole looking towards Florence
The bell tower (campanile) at the Badia Fiesolana
Corridor of the cloister of the Badia
The library and terrace of the Institute