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Vincigliata

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Via di Vincigliata, Florence, 50135

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Vincigliata, Florence - Reviews of Vincigliata - IgoUgo
Whilst exploring the green Tuscan countryside around Florence, there are two places near to Settignano that can be visited by prior arrangement. Coming from Olmo, taking the road from Vincigliata that cuts through dense woodland, one arrives at the old medieval castle of Vincigliata, completely reco...
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Vincigliata, Florence, Italy : Reviews of Vincigliata - Yahoo! Travel
Whilst exploring the green Tuscan countryside around Florence, there are two places near to Settignano that can be visited by prior arrangement. Coming from Ol...
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Il Castello di Vincigliata - FLORENCE LIVE!
This building was originally used as a storeroom for equipment used in the nearby quarries. The garden surrounding the waters of the Laghetto delle Colonne, is criss-crossed by tortuous paths that wind their way through the dense vegetation encountering on their way various typical romantic garden f...
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Il Castello di Vincigliata: A Medieval Dream
Sir John Temple Leader, a young Whig, suddenly abandoned a promising career in Parliament for the Continent; after several years in Cannes he purchased Fiesole's Villa di Maiano and joined Tuscany's sizeable English expatriate community. In 1855 he also bought the crumbling ruins of Castello di Vinc...
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Vincigliata Castle
North of Florence, on a hill near to Fiesole, this castle of medieval origin owes its actual aspect to a complete reconstruction, in 'new gothic style, carried on in the last century. The owner of that time, John Temple Leader, commissioned the works to the architect Giuseppe Fancelli, and the castl...
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