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Phillipps, Evelyn March; Bolton, Arthur T. [Hrsg.]
The gardens of Italy — London: Offices of Country Life Ltd., 1919

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POGGIO CAJANO, CASTELLO AND PETRAJA, FLORENCE.

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the Arno, Petraja being
higher up than Castello,
having no less than four
hundred and fifteen feet
of elevation as against
the one hundred and fifty
feet at Poggio Cajano.
It is as well, therefore,
to visit. Castello first, and,
ascending the grounds at
the back of that house,
to make your way up-
wards to Petraja. Of the
two, Castello is rather
the palace and Petraja
the villa, each appealing
accordingly to a different
class of visitor.
The approach to
Castello is very attractive.
Turning in from the
dusty high road, there
is an avenue leading to a
round point, from which
a pleached alley at right
angles leads into an
oblong forecourt. The
house faces a semicircle,
sixty yards across, with
balustrading and statues
that connect forecourt
and avenue. On the
right is the long, low
lemonaia, and on the left
a delightful formal gar-
den. This is enclosed
by a wall and laid out
in three repeats of a
parterre pattern of flower-
b e d s enclosed i n a
clipped edging of dwarf
box. The end of the
house, which has a re-
cessed central loggia in
two storeys, looks out
upon this garden. The
house is planned round a
central cortile. It is not
very interesting inside,
but some Empire furni-
ture and a great wine jar
of green glazed earthen-
ware dated 1531 may be
noted. Behind the house

294.—VILLA PETRAJA.: DISTANT VIEW.



295.—THE WALL DECORATIONS OF THE SALON OF THE
VILLA PETRAJA.
 
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