Villa di Castello

The Villa di Castello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574). The gardens, filled with fountains, statuary, and a grotto, became famous throughout Europe. The villa also housed some of the great art treasures of Florence, including Sandro Botticelli's Renaissance masterpieces The Birth of Venus and Primavera. The gardens of the Villa had a profound influence upon the design of the Italian Renaissance garden and the later French formal garden.

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Villa di Castello ranks #1,155 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #88 of the 487 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,636 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Florence, 6 km away. It is one of the 35 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Tuscany. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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