Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati

Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, located at the entrance of the town of Sesto Fiorentino, has been attested since the beginning of the 16th century by Simone Corsi. In the middle of the seventeenth century the villa was modified by Gherardo Silvani and the Italian garden was created, including a monumental fishpond.

In the eighteenth century the transformation work continued until it reached its present appearance: even the baroque decorations on the facade date back to this period. A complex supply system supplied water to fountains and fishpond.

In the nineteenth century, with the advance of romantic taste, the garden underwent other transformations including the introduction of palms by Marquis Francesco Antonio Corsi Salviati.

Finally, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the new owner, Count Giulio Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, made new changes to bring to light the baroque interventions and to give greater prominence to the stone furnishings.

In the 60s the garden was split in two parts, leaving a part of the villa while a second part, including the lemon house, became public.
The great interest of this residential complex lies in the stratification of styles that can still be recognized  in the garden.

The villa can only be visited thanks to extraordinary openings organised by the Pro Loco.