Villa di Cafaggiolo

Villa di Cafaggiolo

The Villa di Cafaggiolo is an ancient Medici family property acquired in the 14th century. It is located in the Mugello area, on the road to Bologna.

It was originally a medieval farm. In 1451 Cosimo the Elder asked the architect Michelozzo to refurbish it and make it grander while also transforming it into a summer residence with a garden for leisure and rest.
The ancestral home of the Medici, it retains the overall aspect of a medieval building with different sized square towers and machiolated battlements. In plan, it is a square-shaped complex, determined by the assemblage of medieval buildings and additional buildings around two asymmetrical courtyards. It is the prototype of the early fortified Medici Villa. This is the typical transitional solution between medieval and Renaissance architecture and the first appearance of the domus rustica.

At the moment undergoing restoration.

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Villa di Cafaggiolo

Villa di Cafaggiolo

Via Nazionale, 16, 50031 Barberino di Mugello FI, Italia

Details
Comune
City:
Barberino di Mugello 
Address
Address:
Via Nazionale, 16, 50031 Barberino di Mugello FI, Italia
Opening hours
Opening hours:
Temporarily closed for restoration
Prezzo
Entrance fee:
Not available at the moment
Tipo gestione
Management:
other museums 
Accessibilita
Accessibility:  partially accessible