{"id":7080,"date":"2025-08-25T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:24:36","slug":"in-detail-contemporary-living-in-a-16th-century-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/in-detail-contemporary-living-in-a-16th-century-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"In detail: Contemporary Living in a 16th-Century Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"


The story of Villa La Bugia reaches back to one of Florence\u2019s oldest noble dynasties, the Amidei family. In 1470, the property was acquired by Agnolo del Tovaglia, a prominent Florentine merchant whose circle included some of the most influential figures of the Renaissance. Among his notable guests was Francesco Gonzaga, the husband of Isabella d\u2019Este and General Captain of Florence. In July 1500, Gonzaga wrote to Agnolo requesting a drawing and measurements of the villa. Just weeks later, on August 11, Francesco Malatesta, Gonzaga\u2019s Florentine agent, dispatched a sketch of Villa Tovaglia to Mantua\u2014remarkably noting that its author, Leonardo da Vinci himself, stood ready to produce a colored version or even a three-dimensional model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drawings of the relief of the Villa made by Leonardo Da Vinci<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The estate\u2019s narrative continued to unfold through the centuries. In 1803, it was purchased by the Morrocchi family, to whose descendants the property still belongs today. Under Costantino Morrocchi, sweeping renovations were undertaken in 1842, including the creation of a grand Italian garden and the addition of the elegant Lemon House\u2014further enriching the villa\u2019s architectural and cultural fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, after a meticulous restoration, Villa La Bugia\u2019s historic annex has been reimagined for contemporary living. The new residence stands as an emblematic example of the regeneration of historical heritage\u2014an architecture that inhabits time without nostalgia, maintaining a constant tension between memory and innovation, rootedness and lightness.  The architectural project, both rigorous and poetic, succeeds in merging authenticity with contemporaneity: recovered plasters, original exposed wooden structures, and restored windows coexist in harmony with new elements of iron, glass, and natural lime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The material palette is meticulously calibrated\u2014natural oak floors, lime plasters with intentionally imperfect textures, and metal structures finished with subtle powder coatings. The interior design engages in a harmonious dialogue with the architectural shell, weaving together multiple languages: the minimalist sobriety of white and gray, the warmth of wood grains, and the discreet presence of contemporary art upon the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the hills of Florence, Villa La Bugia (formerly Villa Tovaglia) tells a story that spans centuries, from its ties to the Amidei family and Renaissance merchant Agnolo del Tovaglia, to the extraordinary moment when Leonardo da Vinci himself sketched its form in 1500. Later transformed by the Morrocchi family in the 19th century with gardens and a Lemon House, the estate has now entered a new chapter.<\/p>\nRead more \"In detail: Contemporary Living in a 16th-Century Estate\"<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":166901792,"featured_media":7099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21478907,21478906],"tags":[21478918,21478919,21478917],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florentine-living","category-in-detail","tag-historic-living-florence","tag-modern-florentine-apartment","tag-renovated-tuscan-estate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbcxzH-1Qc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sabiniassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sm-sabiniassociates-detials-8.jpg?fit=1242%2C1739&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166901792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7135,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabiniassociates.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}