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"This remarkable E N T R A N C E is to the @villadigeggiano located in the dreamy hills of Tuscany, Italy. ⁠ ⁠ Dating back to the early 1500’s, the Villa takes pride in preservation and history. A unique case among private residencies in Italy, the Villa still maintains several rooms with the original XVIII furniture in Veneziano Rustico style & meticulously preserved antique French wallpaper and fabrics. ⁠ ⁠ The garden was installed in 1768, right at the time Anton Domenico Bianchi Bandinelli married Cecilia Chigi Zondadari. It is, of course an Italian-Style Garden, surrounded by a high wall crowned with terracotta vases and statues.⁠ ⁠ “The Piazzone, laid out parallel to the front of the Villa, is composed of lawns edged with low box hedges and ending at its southern side with the Teatro di Verzura. This raised open-air theatre is surrounded by ta laurel hedges and consists of a proscenium made up of twin arches, surmounted by pediments holding the crests of the Bianchi Bandinelli and Chigi Zondadari families. The niches of its arches contain statues of Tragedy and Comedy, by Maltese sculptor Bosio. Through a gate in the encircling walls of the main garden, one can access the Pomario, the ornamental vegetables garden planted with a mixture of flowerbeds, vegetables and fruit trees, which contains topiary and a terrace fish pond with a magnificent view over the valley and nearby Siena” - via Villa Di Geggiano site⁠ ⁠ 📷️ courtesy of Kristen @playingwithstags via @thefrenchtopiary⁠ *⁠ *⁠ *⁠ #aristocracy #nobility #aristocrat #noble #royalisticism #art #limestone #preservation #history #interiordesign #architecture #landscapephotography #a #green #greatbritain #italy #royalty #palace #tuscany #painting #castle #royals #wroughtiron #portrait #antiquated #gardens #topiary #thcentury #gardenantiques #europeanantiquesnz⁠ NOTE: Photos are not the intellectual property of europeanantiquesnz but that of the photographer or content creator acknowledged⁠⁠⁠