Villa di Poggio a Caiano
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The Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, also called Ambra, is one of the most famous Medici villas and is located in Poggio a Caiano. Today it is state owned and it houses two museums: one of the histori
Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano
Eleanor of Toledo enters Poggio a Caiano, Fresco of Giovanni Stradano in Palazzo Vecchio
Detail of the Diana Temple in the English garden
The loggia between the two steps of the staircase
Palazzo Pitti
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The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the
Palazzo Pitti in 2011
Virtual reconstruction of the fifteenth-century façade of Palazzo Pitti.
Luca Pitti (1398–1472) began work on the palazzo in 1458.
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, bought the palazzo from the Pitti in 1549 for the Medici. Portrait after Bronzino.