Villa Finaly, Renaissance villa in Florence, Italy.
Villa Finaly is a manor house in Florence situated on Via Bolognese with approximately 25 rooms and gardens planted with mature trees. The building features conference facilities and lies within reach of Florence's historic center.
The original building, then called Villa Montughi, belonged to the Giugni family from the late 14th century; they sold it in 1470 to Agnolo di Jacopo Tani. It passed by dowry to Antonio da Rabatta, was ceded in 1511 to Giuliano di Niccolò Davanzati and in 1542 to Andrea Doffi. In 1953 the Landau-Finaly family bequeathed it to the University of Paris.
The villa's name comes from the Landau-Finaly family, who donated it to the University of Paris in 1953. Since the 1970 split of that university, it has been shared by the 13 Paris universities, with the Chancellerie des Universités managing it. The interior decoration includes grotesques and geometric motifs, restored in recent years.
The villa stands on Via Bolognese, about 3 km from Florence's historic centre on the Fiesole hillside; the road was diverted in Poggi's time and no longer runs alongside the property. It is a private academic residence of the Paris universities, so the grounds and interiors are not open to casual visitors. The adjoining Villa dello Spedaluzzo belongs to the same complex.
The villa was bequeathed to the University of Paris by the Landau-Finaly family in 1953; after the university split in 1970, it became the joint property of the 13 Paris universities that emerged, managed by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris.
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