Lilliano Medici Villa

Between Antella and Grassina lies Villa di Lilliano, home to a garden of geometric flower beds bordered by woodland plants and antique lemon trees (some of them are over 300 years old!) in terracotta pots. 

 

Other important decorative elements help intensify the beauty of the location even further, such as a nymphaeum, fountain (analogous to one found in the Boboli gardens) and a lemon grove. Of particular interest is an antique sequoia in the courtyard, adjacent to the monumental terrace commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Maria de’ Medici. 

As evidence to the building’s original function as a simple farmhouse near the Villa Reale di Lappeggi, the basement of Villa Liliano is home to an impressive olive oil storage room.

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