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Villa medicea di Coltano
The Villa Medicea di Coltano stands as a late Renaissance reimagining of a much older site, rebuilt starting in 1586 under Bernardo Buontalenti for Don Antonio de’ Medici. The project transformed an earlier residence into a fortified villa, notable for four corner towers that echo the military austerity of Camugliano. The estate lies within the Coltano plain, yet is sheltered by a stand of tall trees that makes the villa visually elusive from the surrounding landscape. Historically, the Tenuta di Coltano dates back to at least the Bronze Age, with the first records of its lands appearing in 780 in a document held by the State Archives of Pisa. …
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