Description: The italianate gardens of the Tuscan villas
Villa Gamberaia and its garden
Visitors to Tuscany with an interest in art and architecture should try to set aside a day and join garden enthusiasts visiting one or more of the formal giardini all'italiana , public and private, for which Tuscany is famous. The Tuscan formal garden is an integral part of villa architecture - a kind of extension of the villa itself, mediating the transition from villa interior to the cultivated and then the untouched land that, according to classical and Renaissance ideals, should form a panoramic view fr
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