Villa Medici

Florence, Italy

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Villa di Marignolle, a Renaissance villa situated in the southwestern hills of Florence between Galluzzo and Soffiano, entered Medici family ownership following the confiscation of the property from Lorenzo di Piero Ridolfi by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the aftermath of the Pucci Conspiracy. Francesco subsequently granted the villa to his illegitimate son Antonio. One of numerous Medici villas documented in the lunettes painted by Giusto Utens between 1599 and 1602, it notably remains outside the fourteen properties comprising the UNESCO World Heritage Site designation of Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany, established in 2013. Today the villa functions as a private residence.