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Villa Pandolfini Carducci

Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
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Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
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Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
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Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
Cyberuly · CC BY 3.0
Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
Cyberuly · CC BY 3.0
Villa Pandolfini Carducci, a museum
Cyberuly · CC BY 3.0

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Villa Pandolfini Carducci is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Poggio all'Aia stands 934 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Parco Giochi Gerini, a park 0.3 miles away.

About

The story

The Villa Carducci-Pandolfini is a historic rural palace located on Via Guardavia, on the road between Legnaia and Soffiano. It is located in the town limits of Legnaia. The property is now part of Polo Museale of Tuscany, and open only by appointment. The 15th-century fortified villa encloses a 14th-century tower. It is best known for its fresco of Illustrious Men and Women painted in 1455 by Andrea del Castagno for a loggia. Rediscovered in 1847, the frescoes were detached and exhibited in Florence. Moved after the flood, they are now stored in the Galleria degli Uffizi. The frescoes depict:

Pippo Spano (Florentine condottiero under Emperor Sigismond fighting Saracens) Farinata degli Uberti (Florentine Ghibelline captain) Niccolò Acciaioli (Founder of the Certosa del Galluzzo) Cumaean Sybil Queen Esther Queen Tomyris (Active in battle against Cyrus the Great) Dante Alighieri Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio Presently some of the rooms retain frescoes (1472) in situ depicting the Madonna and Child, Adam and Eve and various putti and garlands.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1952.

Wikidata Q93136967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.76362, 11.21161
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parco Giochi Gerini: 0.3 mi
  • Giardini Daddi: 0.3 mi
  • Parco Dell'Opera: 0.4 mi
  • Parco San Gimignano: 0.5 mi
  • Giardino Moreno Cipriani: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Springs
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 2.7 mi
  • Fonte del Brecca: 4.5 mi
  • Fonte Mezzina: 5.2 mi
  • Fonte Giallina: 5.8 mi
  • Fonte della Caldaia: 6.3 mi
Peaks
  • Monte Cuccioli: 2.7 mi
  • Poggio delle Monache: 3.7 mi
  • Poggio Issi: 3.7 mi
  • La Poggiona: 3.9 mi
  • Monterivecchi: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 7
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 5.5 mi
  • Pescaia Calvelli: 16.0 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 18.4 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 18.5 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Villa Pandolfini Carducci. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poggio all'AiaN 7°934 m8.2 mi
Poggio CasacciaN 10°921 m7.7 mi
Poggio CornacchiacciaN 8°892 m8.1 mi
Poggio CapannelleNNE 12°839 m8.0 mi
Poggio TriniNNE 13°764 m7.5 mi
Poggio al GiroNNE 18°747 m6.4 mi
Monte RotondoNNE 13°705 m7.0 mi
Poggio PratoneNE 54°702 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:01
September equinox07:0318:3719:15
December solstice07:4715:5416:41

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/7319854480

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