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{{Short description|Patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy}}
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[[Image:Villa Medici a Fiesole 1.jpg|thumb|240px|Villa Medici in Fiesole.]]
[[Image:Villa Medici a Fiesole 1.jpg|thumb|240px|Villa Medici in Fiesole, with neighboring [[Villa San Girolamo]] (upper right)]]
[[Image:Villa medici a fiesole (dettaglio), dormitio virginis domenico ghirlandaio cappella tornabuoni SMN.jpg|thumb|The villa in the 15th century.|240px]]
[[Image:Villa medici a fiesole (dettaglio), dormitio virginis domenico ghirlandaio cappella tornabuoni SMN.jpg|thumb|The villa in the 15th century, depicted by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] in the [[Tornabuoni Chapel]] of [[Santa Maria Novella]]|240px]]
The '''Villa Medici''' is a patrician villa in [[Fiesole]], [[Tuscany]], Italy, the fourth oldest of the [[villa]]s built for the [[Medici]] family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] inscribed as [[Medici villas|Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany]].
The '''Villa Medici''' is a patrician villa in [[Fiesole]], [[Tuscany]], Italy, the fourth oldest of the [[villa]]s built for the [[Medici]] family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] inscribed as [[Medici villas|Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany]].


==See also==
==See also==
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{{commons category|Villa Medici (Fiesole)}}
*[[Villa San Girolamo]], just above the Villa Medici
*[[Medici villas]]
*[[Medici villas]]
*[[Italian Renaissance garden]]
*[[Italian Renaissance garden]]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1457]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1457]]
[[Category:Houses completed in the 15th century]]
[[Category:Houses completed in the 15th century]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fiesole]]
[[Category:Villas in Fiesole]]
[[Category:Medici villas|Fiesole]]
[[Category:Medici villas|Fiesole]]
[[Category:Italian Renaissance gardens]]
[[Category:Italian Renaissance gardens]]

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Villa Medici in Fiesole, with neighboring Villa San Girolamo (upper right)
The villa in the 15th century, depicted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel of Santa Maria Novella

The Villa Medici is a patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany.

See also

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References:

In Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel The English Patient, the titular character identifies the ruined convent in which the characters are staying as the Villa Bruscoli, or the Villa Medici in Fiesole.[1]

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  1. ^ Ondaatje, Michael (1992). The English Patient. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 56. ISBN 0679745203.

43°48′21.16″N 11°17′21.21″E / 43.8058778°N 11.2892250°E / 43.8058778; 11.2892250