Surrounded as it is by tall trees, this great renaissance villa, just steps away from the car park of the Careggi Hospital, often goes unnoticed. This is, however, the villa where one of the most illustrious Florentines of all times, Lorenzo the Magnificent, was born and died, and where the philosopher Marsilio Ficino wrote his De vita, perhaps after a chat with his “colleague” Pico della Mirandola or poet Poliziano. In this villa, in fact, Cosimo the Elder, after having commissioned some works to Michelozzo, founded his Neoplatonic Academy, the greatest philosophical school of Italian Humanism. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the villa was taken over by Regione Toscana in 2013 and is currently closed to the public for major restoration works.
Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 17
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
500 mt
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Located near the famous Medici Villa where Lorenzo the Magnificent was born and died, the church of St. John the Baptist in Careggi was built in the early 20th century, and is dedicated to the city’ [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
925 mt
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This children’s hospital was built upon a pledge of love. Established in 1884, it was, in fact, built by Russian philanthropist Giovanni Meyer as a tribute to his wife who died young and had express [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
400 mt
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ViIla Aurora is one of the largest of the stately villas grouped picturesquely on the hills just above Careggi, and was already documented in the late 14th century as the property of the Macinghi, a n [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
991 mt
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Opened in 2016, this three-hectare park in the Careggi area was named after Don Renzo Forconi ( the President of Opera Diocesana di Assistenza for forty years). The park includes a dog area, a large f [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
1.1 km
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The church has undergone significant changes over the course of history. Documented since 1036, an earthquake in the 14th century destroyed the primitive three-nave building, which was rebuilt with a [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
3 mt
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A landmark for medical training and healthcare in Florence, this polyclinic stands on 78 hectares of land at the foot of the Careggi hill. Since the 1990s it has been recognized as the largest univers [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
181 mt
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A Protestant Christian denomination formally established in the mid-19th century and present in Italy since the 1930s, the Seventh Day Adventist Church has two places of worship in Florence, one in th [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
1.2 km
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This villa was named after the fresco commissioned to Giovanni da San Giovanni in 1632 by Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine: The Quiet That Pacifies Wind. It had been also very popular with the [...]
