DOI Kapitel:
I. Florentine villas
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ITALIAN VILLAS
of this order about Florence that the student who should
attempt to give an account of them would have before
him a long and laborious undertaking; but where the
villa is to be considered in relation to its garden, the
task is reduced to narrow limits. There is perhaps no
region of Italy so rich in old villas and so lacking in old
VILLA GAMBERA1A, AT SETTIGNANO, NEAR FLORENCE
gardens as the neighbourhood of Florence. Various
causes have brought about this result. The environs
of Florence have always been frequented by the wealthy
classes, not only Italian but foreign. The Tuscan
nobility have usually been rich enough to alter their
gardens in accordance with the varying horticultural
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of this order about Florence that the student who should
attempt to give an account of them would have before
him a long and laborious undertaking; but where the
villa is to be considered in relation to its garden, the
task is reduced to narrow limits. There is perhaps no
region of Italy so rich in old villas and so lacking in old
VILLA GAMBERA1A, AT SETTIGNANO, NEAR FLORENCE
gardens as the neighbourhood of Florence. Various
causes have brought about this result. The environs
of Florence have always been frequented by the wealthy
classes, not only Italian but foreign. The Tuscan
nobility have usually been rich enough to alter their
gardens in accordance with the varying horticultural
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