Villa di Pratolino

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Medici villa Renaissance garden complex country residence historic villa

Villa di Pratolino is a historic Medici country residence near Florence, renowned for its once-spectacular Renaissance gardens and elaborate water features.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Giardino di Pratolino	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medici villa ⓘ Renaissance garden complex ⓘ country residence ⓘ historic villa ⓘ
architect	Bernardo Buontalenti NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Francesco I de’ Medici’s patronage of science and art ⓘ Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInPeriod	Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd	1581 ⓘ
constructionStart	1569 ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
currentNameOfPark	Parco Mediceo di Pratolino NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentStatus	largely lost villa with surviving park ⓘ
currentUse	public park ⓘ
declinePeriod	18th century ⓘ
designerOfGardens	Bernardo Buontalenti NERFINISHED ⓘ
eraOfHydraulicEngineering	late 16th century ⓘ
famousInCentury	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
function	Medici country residence ⓘ pleasure villa ⓘ
gardenType	Italian Renaissance garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Mannerist garden ⓘ
hasPart	Colossus of the Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse	ducal retreat ⓘ
knownForInnovationIn	garden hydraulics ⓘ water-driven mechanical devices ⓘ
locatedIn	Pratolino NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Metropolitan City of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Renaissance gardens ⓘ artificial caves ⓘ elaborate water features ⓘ fountains ⓘ grottos ⓘ hydraulic automata ⓘ
originallyCommissionedBy	Francesco I de’ Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Duke Francesco I of Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	House of Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyDemolishedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
patron	Francesco I de’ Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
sculptorOfColossusOfTheApennines	Giambologna NERFINISHED ⓘ
sculptureOnSite	Colossus of the Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	Mannerist ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2013 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany → notableComponent → Villa di Pratolino ⓘ

this entity surface form: Giardino di Pratolino