Villa La Petraia
Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th-century belvedere on the upper east terrace on axis with the view of Florence.Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Piero Mazzinghi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villa di Quarto and San Michele a Castello (Florence).
Villa di Quarto
Manor estate
The Villa di Quarto is a historic landmark designated villa on via Pietro Dazzi in Florence, in the hilly zone at the foot of the Monte Morello. Quarto is one of the toponyms relating to the Roman milestones, the most famous of which in this area is Sesto Fiorentino, of 45,000 inhabitants.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Serpiolle and Colonnata.
Canonica di Cercina
Hamlet
Canonica di Cercina is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km northeast of Villa La Petraia.
Villa La Petraia
- Type: Park
- Description: Medici Villa in Florence
- Categories: villa, museum, palazzo museum, historical park museum, Italian national museum, religious museum, art museum, history museum, and Museum of the Italian Ministry of Culture
- Location: Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Villa La Petraia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلا لا بيترايا”
- Breton: “Villa medicea La Petraia”
- Cebuano: “Villa Medicea La Petraia”
- Dutch: “Villa La Petraia”
- French: “villa Medicea La Petraia”
- French: “Villa Medicea La Petraia”
- German: “Villa La Petraia”
- German: “Villa Reale”
- Hebrew: “וילה לה פטראיה”
- Italian: “Villa La Petraia”
- Italian: “Villa Medicea della Petraia”
- Polish: “villa la petraia”
- Portuguese: “Villa Medicea La Petraia”
- Russian: “Вилла Петрайя”
- Slovenian: “Vila La Petraia”
- Spanish: “Villa La Petraia”
- Turkish: “La Petraia Villası”
- Turkish: “Villa La Petraia”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Villa Medicea La Petraia and Villa Medica di Castello.
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