The Villa di Castello is a country residence in the hills near Sesto Fiorentino, on the outskirts of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. A fortified building had stood on the site since at least 1427, and the property was bought in 1477 by Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de' Medici before becoming the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the 1530s and 1540s. Cosimo commissioned the engineer Piero da San Casciano to build a system of aqueducts, the sculptor Niccolò Tribolo to design fountains, statues, and a garden, and the architect Giorgio Vasari to restore and enlarge the villa itself. The house is now the property of the Accademia della Crusca, and its celebrated Renaissance garden, with its fountains and grottoes, became a national museum in 1984.
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The Villa di Castello, near the hills bordering Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, was the country residence of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574).
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Ferdinando I de' Medici, completed the villa in its present form, between 1588 and 1595, enlarging the east side, remaking the facade, and adding a new entrance on the south side.
The design and construction of the garden
As the architect and writer Giorgio Vasari wrote, "At this place the Duke began to build a little, one thing after another, to the end that he might reside there more commodiously, himself and his court." Cosimo commissioned the engineer Piero da San Casciano to construct a system of aqueducts to bring water to the villa and its gardens, the sculptor Niccolò Tribolo to create fountains, statues and a garden, and the architect Giorgio Vasari to restore and enlarge the villa.
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