It's been my dream to visit Tuscany...
Was fantastic to be with my Family in Italy again.
and Vignamaggio was one of the selected places to visit during our trip.
It was an amazing experience visiting the Garden which is curated amazingly.
The room that we visited had an beautiful view towards the nature of Tuscany...
The History of Villa Vignamaggio:
Mona Lisa, the daughter of Anton Maria Gherardini, was born at Vignamaggio in 1479. The Gherardini were a noble family in Tuscany, probably of Etruscan or Roman origin.They began to construct their castle at Montagliari on a hill dominating the Greve river valley.
From this position the Gherardini often robbed the merchants on their way to Florence, who in 1302 finally decided to put an end to these episodes and besieged the castle.
After a long hard battle the Gherardini moved to the other side of the valley at Vignamaggio where they built the first part of the villa.
The estate was bought in 1925 by Contessa Elena Samminiatelli, whose family restored the Italian gardens and the villa.
Since 1988 Mr. Gianni Nunziante the new owner has undertaken an extensive renovation of the buildings, the gardens, the vineyards and the wine cellars.
Research carried out at the Datini archives in Prato has brought to light a number of documents relating to Vignamaggio. One of these, in particular, dated 26 October 1404, consists of a letter to Francesco Datini signed by Amido Gherardini, at that time the owner of the estate, which talks about "vino inbotato a Vignamag(i)o" (literally "wine placed in barrels at Vignamaggio"). For this reason, in 2004 the estate celebrated six hundred years of winemaking.
I'll be back to Vignamaggio & Lovely TUSCANY! Hope that will be soon again...
I did listen sound of the wind in Vignamaggio and it was an amazing whispering...!
-will be there for a special occassion...
lara
eat & travel
Villa Vignamaggio
Greve in Chianti, ( FI )
Via Petriolo, 5
T. +39 055 85 46 61
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