Villa Carducci-Pandolfini
Villa Carducci di Legnaia or Villa Carducci-Pandolfini, Florence, Italy
The Villa Carducci-Pandolfini is a historic rural palace located on Via Guardavia, on the road between Legnaia and . It is located in the town limits of Legnaia. The property is now part of Polo Museale of Tuscany, and open only by appointment.
The 15th-century fortified villa encloses a 14th-century tower. It is best known for its fresco of Illustrious Men and Women painted in 1455 by Andrea del Castagno for a loggia. Rediscovered in 1847, the frescoes were detached and exhibited in Florence. Moved after the flood, they are now stored in the Galleria degli Uffizi. The frescoes depict:
- Pippo Spano (Florentine condottiero under Emperor Sigismond fighting Saracens)
- Farinata degli Uberti (Florentine Ghibelline captain)
- Niccolò Acciaioli (Founder of the Certosa del Galluzzo)
- Cumaean Sybil
- Queen Esther
- Queen Tomyris (Active in battle against Cyrus the Great)
- Dante Alighieri
- Petrarch
- Giovanni Boccaccio
Presently some of the rooms retain frescoes (1472) in situ depicting the Madonna and Child, Adam and Eve and various putti and garlands.[1]
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- ^ Polo Museale Toscana, description.
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Categories:
- Villas in Tuscany
- Gothic architecture in Tuscany
- Paintings by Andrea del Castagno