Villa Maggi - Historical background
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Maggi - Detail on fireplace |
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During then Imperial age of the Romans this site was
an agricultural area with two important farms, lookout
towers and both civil and military roads.
Built upon a the remains of a Roman tower, now incorporated
within the walls, the Villa was succesively enriched
with architectural and structural elements until the
period between the end on the 19th century and beginnings
of the last.
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Villa Maggi is the name based on the nineteenth century
name of the antique family of aristocrats and lawyers that
owned it for about two centuries; in fact, the fireplace in
the hall bears the Maggi coat of arms. During the Renaissance
it was called Villa Ruscelli, from the name of an ancient
and noble Arezzo Family, probably responsible for most of
its present form, especially on the north side.
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Villa Maggi is situated on a high bank surrounded
by a scarp wall that extends to south forming a bulwark,
and providing a belvedere towards Arezzo and other villas,
to the magnificient late-gothic duomo and over the gentle
slopes of olive grooves, vineyards, and little erect
cypress woods that are the distinctive and dominating
symbol of the uncontaminated Tuscan countryside.
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Maggi - An "arazzo", fine decorated wall carpet |
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