Villa Corsini a Castello
The Baroque Villa Corsini a Castello, with ancient marbles, Etruscan sarcophagi and finds from the Florentine plain from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
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About the museum
The villa was bought in 1697 by Filippo Corsini, councillor to the Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici, because of its proximity to the Medici villa of La Petraia. The renovation was entrusted to Giovan Battista Foggini, architect and sculptor to the Grand Duke. The property remained with the Corsini princes until the Second World War; after the war the villa was first hosted by nuns and then occupied by families who had been evicted.
In 1960 it passed to the Costoli family and Galliano Pio Boldrini, and between 1968 and 1971 it became State property. Since 2015 it has been part of the Direzione regionale Musei della Toscana. Since the late 1980s it has housed a storage facility for archaeological finds of the Soprintendenza; a large restoration campaign, begun in 2000, was completed in 2010 with the façade and much of the interior rooms.
In the salon are displayed some marbles from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, including the porphyry statue of the emperor Adriano and the Peplophoros from palazzo Cepparello. In the courtyard there are Etruscan sarcophagi in nenfro (a volcanic tuff) from Tuscania, and on the ground floor part of the decoration of ancient marbles from the Ricetto delle Iscrizioni of the Uffizi. On the first floor a permanent display traces the history of the Florentine plain with finds such as the grave goods of the Tomba della Mula and the Cippo di Settimello.
Highlights
- Porphyry statue of the emperor Adriano
- Etruscan sarcophagi in nenfro from the Tomba degli Statlane at Tuscania
- Marbles from the Ricetto delle Iscrizioni of the Uffizi
- Finds from the Florentine plain: Tomba della Mula and Cippo di Settimello
- Baroque villa remodelled by Giovan Battista Foggini
Permanent exhibition
- Marmi antichi e storia della piana fiorentina – Ancient marbles and Etruscan sarcophagi from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale on the ground floor; finds from the Florentine territory on the first floor.
- Founded
- 2010
- Operated by
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze (Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Toscana)
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Good to know | Entry is only by guided visit with museum staff, in groups of up to 25 people. Telephone booking recommended, especially for groups of more than 10 people (+39 055 450 752, every day 8:00–13:00). The seat has a teaching room. The garden is closed for safety reasons. |
