Villa Sanfelice

Villa Sanfelice is a building in Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany. Villa Sanfelice is situated near the library Biblioteca dell’Istituto universitario Europeo, as well as near EUI - European University Institute - Badia Fiesolana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Badia Fiesolana and convent of San Domenico.

Badia Fiesolana

Church

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The Badia Fiesolana was a medieval and renaissance period Roman Catholic monastery located in the town of Fiesole, northeast of Florence, Italy. Since 1976, the building is the main seat of the European University Institute. Badia Fiesolana is situated 130 metres northwest of Villa Sanfelice.

convent of San Domenico

Church

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The Convent of San Domenico is a Dominican convent in Fiesole, Italy, situated between the hill of Fiesole and the suburbs of Florence. It was founded in 1406 and completed in 1435 on the initiative of Giovanni Dominici and the bishop of Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, both of them friars at the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. convent of San Domenico is situated 180 metres southeast of Villa Sanfelice.

Villa Medici

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The Villa Medici is a patrician villa in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany. Villa Medici is situated 510 metres northeast of Villa Sanfelice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterinaldi and Maiano.

Monterinaldi

Locality

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Monterinaldi is a locality.

Maiano

Hamlet

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Maiano is small hilltop locality, now part of Fiesole, in Tuscany. The Chiesa di San Martino was founded there in the eleventh century and subsequently restored in the fifteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.