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  2. Boboli Gardens - Wikipedia

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    The Boboli Gardens (Italian: Giardino di Boboli /’bo.bo.li/) is a historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts.

  3. Boboli obelisk - Wikipedia

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    View of obelisk with Pitti Palace in background, Basin just next to obelisk. The Boboli obelisk, previously called the Obelisco Mediceo, is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk, which was moved in the 18th century from Rome to Florence, where it was erected in the Boboli Gardens.

  4. Palazzo Pitti - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of buildings and structures in Florence - Wikipedia

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    Boboli Gardens: 1550–1588: Niccolò Tribolo, Bernardo Buontalenti and others: Palazzo Grifoni-Budini Gattai: 1557–1563: Baccio d'Agnolo and Bartolomeo Ammannati: Enlargement of Palazzo Pitti: 1558–1577: Bartolomeo Ammannati and others: Uffizi: 1559–1580: Giorgio Vasari and others: Palazzo Capponi-Vettori: 1559–1585: Bernardo ...

  6. Fontana del Bacchino - Wikipedia

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    Fontana del Bacchino is an Italian Renaissance sculpture of 1560 by Valerio Cioli (1529-1599) in the Boboli Gardens in Florence featuring a statue in the likeness of the famed dwarf buffoon from the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nano Morgante modeled after Bacchus and riding a tortoise. [1] In 1572 the statue was turned ...

  7. Villa di Castello - Wikipedia

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    In Italy, Niccolò Tribolo copied several of the features of the Villa di Castello, including a grotto, fountains, and a series of monumental stairways in his plans for the Boboli Gardens in Florence. Tribolo also designed the botanical garden in Florence, the third in the world, on a similar geometric pattern, organized around a central fountain.