Villa Gamberaia , located i on the outskirts of Settignano above Florence was a favorite destination among the
Florentine villas and gardens for American and English expatriates in Tuscany during the later 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| The parterre of Villa Gamberaia |
Villa Gamberaia, celebrated for its unique gardens and splendid views over the city of Florence and the Arno Valley, has long inspired American and British landscape designers, from
Charles Platt and
Cecil Pinsent to
Ellen Biddle Shipman. In the early 1900s, it was the favorite meeting place of
Bernard and Mary Berenson,
Janet Ross,
Vernon Lee and
Arthur Acton, who gathered for tea, dinners on the terrace and talks on art and literature with their hostess, the Romanian princess
Jeanne Ghyka and her American companion, artist
Florence Blood, two very talented women who created the magnificent
parterre d’eau.
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