Villa Medici by Spedaletto
The Villa Spedaletto is a Medici villa in the town of Lajatico near Volterra .
description
It is one of the country houses owned by Lorenzo il Magnifico , who often stayed there. However, the villa was given up soon after his death in 1492.
The Medici had a strategic interest in the area in terms of securing the 1472 conquered Volterra. Lorenzo also liked to visit the nearby hot mineral springs of Bagno a Morba . Lorenzo furnished the villa with rich fresco decorations, which are now completely lost.
According to Giorgio Vasari, Domenico Ghirlandaio , Filippino Lippi , Pietro Perugino and Sandro Botticelli worked on the large loggia and the hall . The frescoes were burned in the early 19th century.
From 1494 to 1606 the villa was owned by the Cybo family, and in 1606 Senator Tommaso Corsini bought it . The Corsini are still the owners, their coat of arms adorns the facade.
literature
- Isabella Lapi Ballerini: Le ville medicee. Guide completa. Giunti, Firenze 2003, ISBN 88-09-02994-1 .
- Daniela Mignani: Le Ville Medicee di Giusto Utens. Nuova editione. Arnaud, Florence 1993, ISBN 88-8015-000-6 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 27 ′ 5.3 " N , 10 ° 46 ′ 46.3" E