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Parks and Gardens in Florence.
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Parks and Gardens in Florence.
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The garden of Boboli is annexed to the complex of Pitti Palace and is one of the greatest parks in Florence (45,000 m2). The garden of Boboli constitutes one of the best existing examples of Italian garden in the XVI century. The reputation of the Garden of Boboli is born with the Medici. The Garden of Boboli was planned by Niccolò Pericoli, saying the Tribulation, artist whom already had given to test of its qualities realizing the garden of the medicee villas of Castle and the Petraia. The Garden of Boboli is an example between the more important and can be defined a museum to the open, for the importance of its architectonic system, than for the numerous scultoree presences presents in the park. The garden has a triangular plant and is characterized from two orthogonal aces that s' they intercross to the height of the River basin of Neptune; the aces in strong slope, are mark to you from a distance center them and they are developed through a series of terraces marked from controviali, scultorei elements or greens, paths, that they introduce to particular atmospheres: glades, garden fencings, constructions.
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The "Garden of the Semplici" is the third of the gardens of medicinal plants, after the gardens botanists of Pisa and Padova. The garden was constituted the 1 December 1545 by Cosimo dei Medici. The entry to the "Garden of Semplici" is in Pier Antonio Micheli street. Opened to public in timetable 9,00-13,00 except the saturday and Sunday, the income is free for children under the six years, adults with more than 65 years. Approximately the half of the surface is dedicated to the collections in greenhouse, than they are distinguished in: "warm greenhouses", of exotic origin and "cold greenhouses" the collections of Cicadee, citruses, palms and carnivorous plants. The collections are enriched moreover by the collections of plants, the Ferns, the Orchidee, the Bromeliacee and the Aracee. Outside we can find the remarkable collection of great plants, medicinal plants and alimentary plants, increased from the presence of the flower-bed of 22 the eatable wild grass inaugurated May of 2004.
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The Garden of the roses has been realized in one portion comprised between the Rampe street and the Delle Croci street, by the Florence Istitution. The Garden is a typical garden of breeding of the roses. It has constituted for decades one of the most important exposition of a tradition fiorentina garden and ulterior accessory of the street Dei Colli. Especially in May it presents with a great exposition of varieties cultivated roses.Meaningful it is also the irrigation system: the reservior is localized up in the forest, behind the loggia of the Michelangelo Square, while a duct bring the water until to the the garden. In 1998 it has been enriched of a "international space" with the creation of a Japanese garden "Shorai" donated to the city of Florence from Kyoto and from the Zen temple "Kodai-Ji".
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The Iris garden is caught up covering the Viale dei Colli in Florence direction. The entry, placing the shoulders to the David, is on the left of the Michelangelo square, to the beginning of the pedestrian distance that follow the Viale dei Colli until Ferrucci public square.
The garden of the Iris is visitabile in the month of May, the month of the closing of "giglio" or "giaggiolo", symbol of the Florence city.
The Iris garden receives beyond 2000 varieties of this flower that, probably for its several and luminous colors took the name from the Goddess Iride, messenger of Godness that, melting its scarf, formed the rainbow.
The iris diffused in the Arno Valley is represented of red color in the coat of arms of Florence.
The rappresentazione of the giglio appears frequently in the decorations of the city, in fact we can find it in the first silver coins of the Florentine republic starting from the XII century and after behind the Saint Giovanni, in the gold fiorino.
In 1967, in the lower zone, a small lake was constructed in order to accommodate in the surrounding marshy land the Iris Japanese and Louisiana.
Botanists specialists, horticulturists from various nations visit and operate in the Iris Garden for the scientific interest that it covers like an important reserves of the sort Iris.
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The Cascine were part of the estate and were purchased by Alessandro and Cosimo I Medici to be used as a game reserve and for bovine farming. In 1786 Giuseppe Manetti started to restore the Cascine in to a huge public park enriched with fornitures and architectures. The Cascine Park are situated on the right river of the Arno river, the great territorial extension makes the Cascine park the largest park of the city of Florence. The Cascine park, represented an immense agricultural estate of property of Alexander and Cosimo de' Medici; the park were therefore destined to game preserve and the breeding of the bovines. Inside the park they reserves particular type of cultivations and plantations, between these in fact appeared rarest species of plants and fruit. Particularly interesting for the ricerceh of the Medici family. Under the Granducato of the Lorena, the function of the park was slowly modified, the Cascine Park, also still maintaining an aspect rural, assumed more and more one function of park, opened to the public in occasion of particular events. The main modifications were brought by G.Manetti to the end of the XVIII century. Along this period a series of furnishings and architectures were dislocated, between which they detached the Quercione, saying Fontana of the boccacce, the Palazzina Reale, the pyramid and the two Pavoniere, in origin called "Fagianiere". To Giuseppe Manetti was entrusted also to organize festivities and receptions. During the Napoleon period, the Cascine Park became a real public park. In the course of the 1800's the park endured numerous jobs of widening and restructure. The Park of the Cascine was acquired by the Common of Florence in 1869. In XIX century the garden of the Cascine was planned in a romantic style and appeared much various from as they are today. Moreover, in the wide course of XIX century areas of the park were transformed in sport areas, to continuation of the affirmation of many sports, like the swim, the shooting.
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