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İtalya'nın Gizli Mücevherleri: Villa Demidoff (Floransa)

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Perle nascoste d'Italia: Villa Demidoff (Firenze)

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Villa Demidoff, inşaatı 16. yüzyılda başlayan Medici Villa of Pratolino'nun kalıntılarının modern adıdır. Pratolino kasabasında, Apenin Dağları'nın eteklerinde, Floransa'dan yarım saat uzaklıkta, engebeli bir bölgede bulunan villa, Bernardo Buontalenti tarafından, Toskana'nın gelecekteki Büyük Dükü Francesco I de' Medici için tasarlandı. 

Villa d'Este'ye rakip olacak şekilde inşa edilen Villa Pratolino, en yüksek prens lüksünü temsil edecekti ve onu çevreleyen park, su fıskiyeleri ve mağaraları, enfes bitkiler ve çiçeklerle daha az muhteşem olmayacaktı. 

Unfortunately, when Francesco I and his second wife Bianca, for whom the grand duke had built the property, died, the villa and park were abandoned and fell into disuse.  

It was only in the second half of the 19th century that the park and buildings were restored, by the Russian Prince Paolo II Demidoff, who subsequently gave the name to the property. In 1981, the city of Florence acquired it and turned it into a public park. It is open on weekends, May to October.

The park that surrounds the villa, although stripped of several of its statues over the centuries, is one of the most beautiful and vast in all of Tuscany.

Among the monuments dating back to the Renaissance that survive, the most impressive is the massive statue of the ‘Colossus of the Apennines' by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna. The stone statue is approximately 11 meters high and was meant to represent a personification of the Apennine Mountains. It has the appearance of an old man crouched on the shore of a lake and is surrounded by numerous mythological characters.

The park overall still houses some original works and artifacts by Buontalenti, such as the Chapel, Cupid's cave, the stables, Villa Paggeria, plus two Italian gardens in the Medici part and a Romantic-style garden-landscape, the result of 19th-century interventions. Those looking for a break from city life can also find several peaceful walking paths. 

Villa, Toskana manzarasına yayılmış 12 villa ve iki bahçeden oluşan UNESCO'nun 'Toskana'daki Medici Villaları ve Bahçeleri' serisinin bir parçasıdır.