Villa di Poggio a Caiano

Local nameVilla Medicea
LocationPoggio a Caiano, Italy

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 historic apartments and the Museum of Still Life.

The villa is perhaps the best example of architecture commissioned by Lorenzo il Magnifico, in this case to Giuliano da Sangallo towards 1480. It is no coincidence that this is a private building, where there are elements that later modeled for the future developments of the type of villas: internal and external penetration through filters such as loggias, symmetrical distribution of environments around a central salon, dominant position in the landscape, conscious recovery of classical architectural elements.: 137

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_di_Poggio_a_Caiano

Address Poggio a Caiano 59016, Italy

Coordinates 43°49'2.807" N 11°3'22.481" E

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