Villa di Corliano, Renaissance villa in San Giuliano Terme, Italy.
Villa di Corliano is a Renaissance villa in San Giuliano Terme whose outer walls are decorated with Florentine Mannerist graffiti from the 16th century, featuring eagles, fruit garlands, flowers, and birds. The estate also includes an aristocratic chapel, farm buildings, an oil mill, stables, and a kaffeehaus.
The estate was extensively rebuilt in 1755 by architect Ignazio Pellegrini for the wedding of Maria Teresa Scolastica to Count Cosimo Agostini Venerosi. Before that, the villa had already passed through the hands of several Tuscan noble families since the medieval period.
The central hall is covered with frescoes by Andrea Boscoli showing mythological scenes alongside the months and signs of the zodiac. These paintings give a direct sense of how the noble residents once wanted to shape and display their living space.
The villa offers accommodation for guests who wish to stay on the grounds. The buildings are spread across a large private area, so comfortable shoes and enough time to walk between them are helpful.
The vestibule displays marble busts of Roman Emperors from the 18th century, and the vault above shows the scene where Paris presents a fruit to the goddess Venus. This reference to the Judgment of Paris myth is rarely found in such a direct connection with a family reception room.
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