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Boboli Gardens Amphitheatre, viewed from the Palazzo Pitti Bathing Venus by Giambologna as seen in the third chamber of the Buontalenti Grotto. The Gardens, directly behind the Pitti Palace, the main seat of the Medici grand dukes of Tuscany at Florence, are some of the first and most familiar formal 16th-century Italian gardens.
It was erected near the center of the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens in 1790, along the main axis leading away from the palace. In 1840, the granite basin, originally thought to derive from the Terme Alessandrine found in the Campo Martius of Rome, was also included in front of the obelisk.
Land on the Boboli hill at the rear of the palazzo was acquired in order to create a large formal park and gardens, today known as the Boboli Gardens. [4] The landscape architect employed for this was the Medici court artist Niccolò Tribolo, who died the following year; he was quickly succeeded by Bartolommeo Ammanati.
He labored during 1558–1570, in the refurbishment and enlargement of Pitti Palace, creating the courtyard consisting of three wings with rusticated facades, and one lower portico leading to the amphitheatre in the Boboli Gardens. His design mirrored the appearance of the main external façade of Pitti.
Amphitheater of Boboli: 1637: At Palazzo Pitti, still used today for special events: Teatro Niccolini (Teatro del Cocomero) 1648: c. 500: The first "modern" theatre in the city. Reopened in 2015. Teatro della Pergola: 1656: 999: The oldest active theatre and opera house in Florence; first teatro all'italiana: Teatro Alfieri: 1740: Demolished in ...
When Cosimo came into possession of the collection containing the most important statues of Michelangelo (the Bacchus or the Genius of Victory), the Apollo-David was placed in the Boboli Gardens, where it decorated a long niche of its amphitheater. In 1824 the statue was transported to the Uffizi, and later placed into the collection at the ...
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Alfonso Parigi the Younger (1606–1656) was an Italian architect and scenographer, the son of Giulio Parigi, and grandson of Alfonso Parigi the Elder.. He worked mainly in Florence, beginning at a very early age as his father's assistant.