The Gardens of the Historic Villas: Open-Air Museums and Theatres in Chianti
Many tourist guides use the word "parks" instead of "gardens": indeed, it is really the correct term! Like the villas they surround, the gardens were designed in the Renaissance as secluded places stretching far from the hectic city life...
In the course of the centuries, they were enriched with elaborate decorations, fountains, plays of water and plants coming from far and mysterious America.
Nowadays, many of them are open to the public and often host interesting cultural events, including concerts, opera shows, theatricals...
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The park of Villa Chigi Saracini is on various levels: a beautiful meadow with a small lake frames the "Kaffeehaus"; astonishing geometrically shaped hedges and symmetrically planted trees decorate the Italian garden. Two classical statues representing Flora and Artemis stand at the foot of the staircase that leads to the upper level and to a small wood dotted with century-old plants, statues and fountains.
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The park of Villa Geggiano features a green theatre. In the summer, the open-air theatre surrounded by cypress trees, box hedges and lemon trees hosts musicians of international renown. You could visit it right on the occasion of a classical music concert.
These are just two gardens that are worth to be visited during your holidays in Chianti.
For more information on Tuscan gardens, visit www.ilparcopiubello.it, and www.gardens-of-tuscany.net.
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