Giardino Budini Gattai

Ugolino Grifoni, secretary of Cosimo I, asked Bartolomeo Ammannati to build the villa and the garden. The works, started in 1563, lasted 10 years, and created a garden rich in philosophical meanings and designs . Important elements were the Fountain with the statues of ''Giasone with sea-monsters'' and ''Venus'' and the walls ofcitrus fruitsand evergreento delimitate the space.

In the 18th century the garden was enlarged and the fountain was moved, and in its place was put a wall-fountain with the statue of ''Venus''. At the end of the 19th century Budini Gattai family bought the garden that was then to completely lose its geometrical structure to become a romantic-style garden.