{"id":3946,"date":"2022-10-17T09:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villegiardinimedicei.it\/the-garden-of-pratolino\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:35:19","slug":"the-garden-of-pratolino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/villegiardinimedicei.it\/en\/the-garden-of-pratolino\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garden of Pratolino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1800px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slider _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;84px&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/villegiardinimedicei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/villa-medicea-poggio-a-caiano-frankenstein-photo-stefano-casati-08949.jpg&#8221; auto=&#8221;on&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;heading&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/villegiardinimedicei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05-5.jpeg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; header_text_shadow_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;heading&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/villegiardinimedicei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/08-3.jpeg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; header_text_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.92)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>It was Francesco I de\u2019 Medici who had the villa and park of Pratolino built on land he purchased in 1568. The first layout of the park, which covered 20 hectares, featured a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis with the villa at the point of intersection.<\/h2>\n<p>Walls and terraces joined the part situated to the north known as of the \u2018Ancients\u2019 with that to the south dedicated to the \u2018Moderns\u2019. The longitudinal axis was marked at the top by a Jupiter sculpted by Bandinelli, the \u201cApennine Colossus\u201d of Giambologna, the villa, and an avenue of fountain jets that ended in a basin with a washing trough in marble. In the upper park were, in addition to Jupiter and the Colossus, a large maze, a chapel, and the fountains of Perseus and Aesculapius. In the park of the \u2018Moderns\u2019 to the left of the avenue of fountain jets, emerge the Cupid\u2019s cave and the basin of \u201cLa Maschera\u201d, while on the right there was once a large aviary, the fountain known as \u201cDell\u2019Ammannati\u201d and Mount Parnassus. Pratolino became famous for the wonder that visitors felt in admiring the water organs, Heron- style machines simulating birdsong, water features, and many theatres of automatons moved by the power of water that made up a fantastic complex. Its grottos, with their fountains and water features, were described countless times by illustrious travellers, designed and engraved by famous artists, and investigated by hydraulic engineers eager to imitate them. The diffusion of the engravings of Stefano della Bella with the most evocative views of the park contributed in no small way to consecrating Pratolino as a European model of the art of making gardens. Its contraptions, fountains, and water features were imitated in the gardens of Hellbrunn in Salzburg, the Hortus Palatinus of Heidelberg, and Saint-Germain-en- Laye near Paris. At the end of the 17th century, Pratolino enjoyed a second moment of splendour thanks to the Grand Prince Ferdinando de\u2019 Medici, who set up a theatre on the villa\u2019s second floor. For him, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti with George Frideric Handel composed operas that were staged by Jacopo Chiavistelli and Ferdinando Bibbiena. After the passage of Tuscany from the Medici to the Hapsburg-Lorraine and with the arrival in Florence of Pietro Leopoldo, the Pratolino villa was shut down and it was thought to dispose of it to avoid the maintenance costs. Only in 1814 did reorganization of the park begin, entrusted to the Bohemian gardener Joseph Fritsch. The new landscaping featured large lawns, meandering avenues, woods, and irregularly-shaped lakes. The villa was demolished and was to a design by Luigi de Cambray Digny, but the death of Ferdinando III in 1824, disallowed this. In 1872, Pratolino was ceded by the Hapsburg-Lorraine princes, Demidoff, who restored the surviving buildings and the Colossus. Pratolino remained the residence of the Demidoffs until 1955, and then passed to Prince Paolo Karageorgevich, to the company SOGENE, and, finally in 1981, to the Metropolitan City of Florence. From that date work began to restore the park, both as regards its buildings and artefacts, and its faunistic-vegetational and environmental features.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Visit the Gardens&#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe080;||divi||400&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;29px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours and access:<\/strong><br \/><b>Until 31 March 2026<\/b><br \/>Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm, by appointment by writing to<span> <\/span><a href=\"mailto:parcomediceodipratolino@cittametropolitana.fi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parcomediceodipratolino@<wbr \/>cittametropolitana.fi.it<\/a><span> <\/span>(closed Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)<br \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>From 1 April to 1 November 2026<\/b><br \/>Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays (5, 6, 25 April, 1 May, 1, 2 and 24 June, 15 August, 1 November) with the following hours:<br \/>April and May 10am\u20138pm<br \/>June and July 10am\u20139pm<br \/>August and September 10am\u20138pm<br \/>October and November 10am\u20136pm<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 1 June the Park will exceptionally be open from 10am to 9pm<\/strong><br \/>Monday to Thursday opening hours are 9am\u20132pm, by appointment by writing to<span> <\/span><a href=\"mailto:parcomediceodipratolino@cittametropolitana.fi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parcomediceodipratolino@<wbr \/>cittametropolitana.fi.it<\/a><br \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>From 2 November 2026 until spring 2027<\/b><br \/>Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm, by appointment by writing to<span> <\/span><a href=\"mailto:parcomediceodipratolino@cittametropolitana.fi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parcomediceodipratolino@<wbr \/>cittametropolitana.fi.it<\/a><span> <\/span>(closed Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)<\/p>\n<p>Free admission<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||20px||false|false&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#b2b2b2&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#b2b2b2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Via Bolognese | Loc. 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