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Boboli Gardens - A Story Of True Love In Florence
Imagine a garden lined with cypress trees, colorful blooms and larger than life Greek statues, with many paths that lead to countless adventures.
Imagine a garden lined with cypress trees, colorful blooms and larger than life Greek statues, with many paths that lead to countless adventures.
If you take a look around, you’ll be surprised by magnificent architectures like an old Roman Theatre.
Another turn may take you to a lake with a small island in the middle, quite unexpected in the vast greens of this secluded garden.
All paths lead to the top of the gardens and provide you a wondrous view of the most romantic city in the world.
A place of pure imagination? No, this place really exists. Welcome to the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy.
The Boboli Gardens were created by Cosimo I de’ Medici, the Duke of Florence in 1537 and later the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Cosimo in one of the most know duke in Florentine history for this Garden and for unpleasant rumors about him and his wife
The legend tells that Cosimo’s wife died angered by the loss his esteemed son Giovanni - and that Giovanni was killed by his father.
This legend persisted throughout the centuries, until advanced forensics recently investigated the exhumed remains of Eleonora, Giovanni and Garcia Medici, discovering that they did, indeed, die of malaria.
Cosimo de Medici was almost certainly a rude man, but his wife was his only love
Cosimo and Eleonora had 11 children and Eleonora participated to the government of Florence.
So great was his love for his wife that Cosimo I had the Boboli Gardens built for her. He specified for it to be a garden that would be as beautiful and enduring as Eleonora was beautiful and enduring.
If you come to Florence, please don’t miss what the love has done in this beautiful city