Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot — Florence. View from the Boboli Garden

Of all Italian cities, Florence is by far the most recognisable in any painting, if only because every painter thought it his task to commemorate the magnificent Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, whose dome was built by Filippo Brunelleschi between 1420 and 1436, while the inner dome decor belonged to Michelangelo. To the left of the cathedral is the campanile (bell tower) designed by Giotto; to the right is Palazzo Vecchio.

The Boboli Garden dates back to 1550s when the land was bought by Cosimo I de’ Medici and his wife, Eleanor of Toledo, to build the new ducal palace. In 1554-61 the famous Giorgio Vasari, the biographer of Italian painters, sculptors, and architects, worked there along with Bartolomeo Ammannati and Bernardo Buontalenti. The latter two, for instance, finished Grotto di Madama and the Large Grotto that were begun by Vasari. Below are a couple of photos of the Gardens today. The entrance to the grotto is a splendid example of the late Italian Mannerism.

Vasari and Buontalenti Grotto    
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