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A virtual tour: the 360° view of the Grotto. Originally designed as a plant nursery, the Grotta Grande of the Boboli Gardens owes its current arrangement to architect and engineer Bernardo Buontalenti, who re-designed the previous project by Giorgio Vasari between 1582 and 1593, creating three rooms covered with sponges, rocks and other heterogeneous materials, in order to provide a scenery ...
The Buontalenti Grotto is the most famous and fascinating, but there are other two grottoes in Boboli Gardens: Grotticina della Madama, or delle Capre – by the same Bountalenti. This small grotto is decorated with sponges, stalactites and a marble basin where four goats stand – this used to be a fountain.
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The grotto (also called ‘Grotta Grande’ in Italian) is located in the far north of the Boboli Gardens alongside the entrance to the Vasari Corridor. It takes its name from Bernardo Buontalenti, who oversaw the construction of its three rooms between 1582 and 1593, commissioned by Francesco I de’ Medici. Giorgio Vasari before him had begun ...
The Boboli Gardens (Italian: Giardino di Boboli) is a historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts. The large green area is a real open ...
Jun 19, 2011 · Discover Buontalenti Grotta in Florence, Italy: A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Tickets for this service are EUR 21 (in addition to tickets to enter the Blue Grotto) and the trip lasts about an hour. Book the transfer to the Blue Grotto. By rental boat: from Marina Grande, visitors can hire a gozzo (the traditional boat of Capri) with skipper for a tour of the island by sea and a stop at the Blue Grotto. Private boats can ...
