Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy: A Hillside Echoing the Legacy of the Medici
At Boboli, the Renaissance seems to have escaped the palace and taken root in the earth. The Boboli Gardens, or Giardino di Boboli, reveal themselves gradually, through cypress and ilex, fountains and terraces, sculpture and shadow, across a hillside shaped by centuries of imagination. I came to Boboli immediately after visiting the Villa Bardini Gardens,…