A veritable outdoor museum that deserves to be visited and counted among the wonders of the world. Example of Italian gardens that surprises and delights visitors each year are numerous. It has around 800,000. Born as the garden of the Pitti Palace, which was by then the first Medici palace of Lorraine and lastly of the Savoy. We know that Luca Pitti in 1418 he bought the parcel of land from the family Borgoli (hence perhaps the name) to be used as a vegetable garden. Doctors will be with the park know the substantial extensions and embellishments. Inside you will find immense Garden Amphitheatre, the center of which today we see the Egyptian obelisk, while in the past was the fountain of the ocean, moved to the isle. You can still watch the Basin of Neptune, the place where the waters converge to irrigate the whole garden. At the center of the basin the Fountain of Neptune. The garden of the Knight is built upon a bastion that was part of the ancient fortifications. Central fountain, and wonderful views are guaranteed the viewer adorn this corner of paradise. You can admire the Casino del Cavaliere, building that now houses the permanent museum exhibition of China. The Kaffeehause then follow, a beautiful pavilion in rococo style, and not too far Fountain of Bacchus. Figure represents the obese dwarf Morgante, popular at the court of Cosimo I, astride a tortoise. Still surprising and unusual cave Buontalenti a number of avenues that intersect each other, adorned with excellent sculptures, the Lawn of the Columns and Annalena Zone, named after the ancient monastery that once stood there. One of the great wonders of Florence, to visit.

Claudia Zedda

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