Casa Guidi
Casa Guidi is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Poggio Casaccia stands 921 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonna di San Felice, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. Their only child, Robert Barrett Browning (known as Pen), was born there in 1849. Casa Guidi was the subject of her 1851 poem "Casa Guidi Windows". The Browning household was a centre of British society in Florence although it was said that Theodosia Trollope's house was more care free. There was no animosity, however, and the Trollope's daughter played with the Browning's son Robert, known as Pen. After Pen's death in 1912 the apartment was bought by several Browning enthusiasts. By that time, Casa Guidi was in poor shape, and the apartment retained hardly any furniture or paintings. The Browning Society in New York restored it, before giving it to Eton College which undertook further work so that the building could be used as a study centre. Today, it is part of The Eton College Collections, but is administered by the Landmark Trust, who also look after the apartment above the one where John Keats died in Rome. When not being used by Eton boys, the property is available for holiday lets booked through the Landmark Trust. Casa Guidi is open to the public for 3:00–6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from April to November. There is no admission fee, but donations are welcome.
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Dates from 1995.
Wikidata Q3661112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Colonna di San Felice: 0.0 mi
- Lediesis - Sofia Loren: 0.1 mi
- Vascone: 0.1 mi
- Pegaso: 0.1 mi
- Grotta di Adamo ed Eva: 0.1 mi
- Parco della Specola: 0.1 mi
- Giardino di Boboli: 0.1 mi
- Giardino Corsi Annalena: 0.2 mi
- Giardino dell'Ardiglione: 0.2 mi
- Giardino Torrigiani: 0.3 mi
- Cosimo Ridolfi: 0.1 mi
- Anfiteatro: 0.2 mi
- Scala doppia rampa a tenaglia: 0.3 mi
- Fontana delle scimmie: 0.3 mi
- Benvenuto Cellini: 0.3 mi
- Piazzale Michelangelo: 0.9 mi
- Fonte Pecchioli: 5.0 mi
- Fonte Mezzina: 5.2 mi
- Fonte Giallina: 5.5 mi
- Fonte della Caldaia: 5.8 mi
- Monte Cuccioli: 2.0 mi
- Montepiano: 3.4 mi
- Monterivecchi: 3.5 mi
- Colle San Francesco: 3.6 mi
- Monte Rinaldi: 3.7 mi
- Porta Romana: 0.4 mi
- Mercato del Porcellino: 0.5 mi
- Cortile di Michelozzo: 0.5 mi
- Le Giubbe Rosse: 0.5 mi
- Chiesa di Orsanmichele: 0.5 mi
- Giardino delle Camelie: 0.1 mi
- Giardino del Conte: 0.2 mi
- Botanica Superiore: 0.2 mi
- Giardino di Madama: 0.2 mi
- Orto di Giove: 0.2 mi
- Fontesanta: 7.3 mi
- Area Botanica "Quercia Mencola": 9.7 mi
- Fonte della Capra: 12.9 mi
- Macinaia: 16.4 mi
- Area attrezzata Poggio alla Risala: 17.0 mi
- Tonfo del Diavolo: 6.9 mi
- Pescaia Calvelli: 14.2 mi
- Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.6 mi
- Pisciolo di Macereto: 16.8 mi
- Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 17.3 mi
- Area naturale protetta di interesse locale Stagni di Focognano: 5.9 mi
- Habitat Isolation: 8.2 mi
- Poggio Fonte Massi: 15.1 mi
- Parco Naturale di Cavriglia: 18.2 mi
- Masso al Cane: 8.9 mi
- Balze di Cognorsi: 13.3 mi
- Palestra di arrampicata di Massanera: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Casa Guidi. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poggio Casaccia | N 356° | 921 m | 7.5 mi |
| Poggio Cornacchiaccia | N 355° | 892 m | 7.9 mi |
| Poggio Capannelle | N 359° | 839 m | 7.8 mi |
| Poggio Trini | N 359° | 764 m | 7.2 mi |
| Poggio al Giro | N 1° | 747 m | 6.0 mi |
| Monte Rotondo | N 358° | 705 m | 6.7 mi |
| Poggio Pratone | NE 46° | 702 m | 6.7 mi |
| Poggio di Firenze | SE 125° | 693 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:49 | 18:27 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:54 | 16:41 |
Local time (Europe/Rome).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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