Ex Palazzina Reale delle Cascine

Admission

exterior only

as of 5 Nov

Getting there

CASCINE VISARNO · bus 17, 55 · 240 mCASCINE ISTITUTO AGRARIO · bus 17, 55 · 260 mCASCINE SCUOLA DI AGRARIA · bus 17 · 40 m

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The Palazzina Reale delle Cascine (Royal Palace of the Cascine) is a small Neoclassical palace sited on the Piazzale delle Cascine within the public park (Parco delle Cascine) located along the north bank of the Arno river just north of central Florence, Italy. Built in the mid-18th century by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 2020 now houses part of the offices of the faculty of agricultural and forestry sciences of the University of Florence. The main façade of the building faces south over the Piazzale delle Cascine, gardens and a fountain toward the Arno river. Until the twentieth century, this area contained a series of buildings, impairing the vista of the river. The façade has a ground-story brick portico with seven arches, each flanked by bas-relief medallions, designed by Giuseppe Manetti, depicting activities related to the care and husbandry of cattle.

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• PARC2 min walk