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Oricellari Gardens Description

(Local Name: Orti Oricellari) Adjoining the Palazzo Venturi-Ginori is part of the famous Orti Oricellari, the gardens that became the site of the Accademia Platonica (neo-Platonic academy) when Bernardo Rucellai transferred it here in 1498. The Academy was visited by Pope Leo X in 1516 and Emperor Charles V in 1530.

In the center of the gardens stands a gigantic statue of Polyphemus (8.4m/27.6ft high) by Antonio Novelli, a pupil of Giambologna.

Hobbies & Activities category: Garden or botanic display; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

Address

Oricellari Gardens
Via degli Orti Oricellari
I-50100 Florence
Italy

Transit

Bus: 1, 4, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 64.

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