Orti Oricellari

Admission

Free entry

as of 28 Mar

Accessibility

Yes

Getting there

SCALA ORTI ORICELLARI · bus 12, 131, 131R, 17, 23, 36, 37, C4 · 140 mCURTATONE · bus 11, 18, 36, 37, 39, 6, C3, C4 · 320 mSTAZIONE SCALETTE · bus 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 6, C2, C4 · 430 m

Map

Property of Bernardo Rucellai, the garden was the seat for the meetings of literary men, humanists, philosophers and historians (like Machiavelli, Buondelmonti, Jacopo da Diacceto and Luigi Alemanni). The garden was bought at the end of the 16th century by Francesco I de' Medici for his lover Bianca Cappello and was transformed into a place for parties and practical jokes. Giovan Carlo I de' Medici was the owner in the middle of the 17th century and the garden was newly designed by Alfonso Parigi and Ferdinando Tacca. Francesco Ridolfi bought it in 1670 and gave the task to enlarge it to Pier Francesco Silvani.

Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened

• Palazzo Cesaroni1 min walk
• Palazzo Venturi Ginori2 min walk