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Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo

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The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa near Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, about 25 kilometers north of Florence, Italy. It was one of the oldest and most favored of the Medici family's country estates, held by the family since the fourteenth century when it belonged to Averardo de' Medici, whose son Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici is considered the founder of the Medici dynasty. The villa was rebuilt to designs by the Renaissance architect Michelozzo in 1452 and became a meeting place for leading intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance. Though never the grandest of the family's houses, it was the scene of important events in Medici history, from the reception of Medici brides to the murder of a Medici wife. The castle is today privately owned by the company Societa Cafaggiolo srl. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Barberino di Mugello, Italy 2
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Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Villa, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Medici_at_Cafaggiolo, lead definition
    The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa situated near the Tuscan town of Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, some 25 kilometres north of Florence, central Italy.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo is a villa near Barberino di Mugello in the valley of the River Sieve, about 25 kilometers north of Florence, Italy. It was one of the oldest and most favored of the Medici family's country estates, held by the family since the fourteenth century when it belonged to Averardo de' Medici, whose son Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici is considered the founder of the Medici dynasty. The villa was rebuilt to designs by the Renaissance architect Michelozzo in 1452 and became a meeting place for leading intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance. Though never the grandest of the family's houses, it was the scene of important events in Medici history, from the reception of Medici brides to the murder of a Medici wife. The castle is today privately owned by the company Societa Cafaggiolo srl.
  • In Style: Renaissance Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Renaissance villas in Italy
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2. Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
    Wikidata item Q1808591, instance of (P31): villa
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Barberino di Mugello, Italy
    Wikidata item Q1808591, property P131/P17 (location): Barberino di Mugello, Italy
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Wikidata: Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo
Wikidata Q1808591, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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