Villa La Magia

The superb residence, one of the symbols of the Renaissance culture, has reached us through many events and today it presents the stratifications, the signs and the memories of its transformations.

One of the most important owners of this villa was Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici. He ordered the renovation works for the Villa to the court architect Bernardo Buontalenti and in 1585 he ordered the construction of an artificial lake.

In 1645 Ferdinando II sold the property of La Magia to Pandolfo Attavanti, then, in 1752, the estate passed from that family to the Ricasoli family as an inheritance. In 1766 Giulio Giuseppe Amati bought the Villa and all its outbuildings. When in 1863 the Amati family died out, the assets went to the Counts Amati Cellesi. Since 2000 Villa la Magia is property of Quarrata Town Council.