Villa Torrigiani

The Villa Torri Giani di Camigliano is located about 10 km from Lucca, in the municipality of Capannori in Italy. The villa was built in the 16th century and the park.

History

The rich and influential family Buonvisi had their summer residence here. The Ambassador of the Republic of Lucca, Nicolao Santini, in Paris the interests of Lucca represented at the court of the Sun King, acquired in 1636, the villa and the park. To date, has received the construction and design of the park by André Le Nôtre in many parts. The baroque facades, the design of the garden and which verlustierenden residents of the villa could be reflected in the large pool of water. In the rooms of the villa and the Teatro di Flora, the viewer finds the coat of arms of the von Santini: top two diamond tips and a flowering camellia below. 1816 married Vittoria Santini Pietro Torri Giani. She was the last descendant of the Marquis Nicolao Santini.

Presence

Carlo Luca, the last Marchese Torrigiani handed his daughter Simonetta villa and garden, when she married the Principe di Stigliano Don Carlo Colonna. For the public to open the family beschloss1 1967, the gates of the villa and the park. The family lives in the summer months on the 1st floor of the villa.

The Park

The baroque entrance to the garden opens up to a 700 meters long avenue of tall cypress trees. It leads to the baroque-style mansion that dominates the garden with its massive walls.

The garden in its present form dates back to the original concept of the French garden of Santini from 1650. Beginning of the 19th century it was remodeled in large parts in an English garden and planted exotic trees from around the world. Large lawns now determine the image of the magnificent gardens. From the time of the transformation of the park in the 19th century, built many impressive exotic trees, Liriodendron tulipifera as, Atlas cedar, Taxodoium distichum or Osmanthus fragrans and the extensive planting of camellias, the emblem flower of Torrigiani.

The garden is known for its imaginative water features, with which the Marquis popular to scare his guests. On the run from the water splashes on the terrace, guests took refuge in the Temple of Flora, where they were soaked by water jets with the ceiling of the temple.