Villa Galileo

Villa Galileo is a museum in Florence, Florence, Tuscany. Villa Galileo is situated nearby to the historic building Villa Il Gioiello, as well as near Villa le Corti.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Il Gioiello and Villa Guicciardini.

Villa Il Gioiello

Historic building

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Villa il Gioiello is a villa in Florence, central Italy, famous for being one of the residences of Galileo Galilei, which he lived in from 1631 until his death in 1642. It is also known as Villa Galileo.

Villa Guicciardini

Historic building

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Villa Guicciardini is a historic building, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Villa Galileo.

Villa Pazzi

Historic building

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Villa Pazzi is a historic building, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Villa Galileo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monteripaldi and Pozzolatico.

Monteripaldi

Hamlet

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Monteripaldi is a hamlet.

Pozzolatico

Village

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Pozzolatico is a village, which is situated 3 km south of Villa Galileo.

Galluzzo

Village

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Galluzzo is part of quartiere 3 of the Italian city of Florence, Italy, located in the southern extremity of the Florentine commune. It is known for the celebrated Carthusian monastery, the Galluzzo or Florence Charterhouse, which was founded in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaioli. Galluzzo is situated 3 km southwest of Villa Galileo.

Villa Galileo

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

43.74748° or 43° 44′ 51″ north

Longitude

11.25762° or 11° 15′ 27″ east

Operator

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Open location code

8FMHP7W5+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 780533558

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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