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Villa Medici, Fiesole

Coordinates:43°48′21.16″N11°17′21.21″E/ 43.8058778°N 11.2892250°E/43.8058778; 11.2892250
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Villa Medici in Fiesole, with neighboringVilla San Girolamo(upper right)
The villa in the 15th century, depicted byDomenico Ghirlandaioin theTornabuoni ChapelofSanta Maria Novella

TheVilla Mediciis a patrician villa inFiesole,Tuscany,Italy, the fourth oldest of thevillasbuilt for theMedicifamily. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of theUNESCO World Heritage Siteinscribed asMedici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany.

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InMichael Ondaatje's 1992 novelThe English Patient,the titular character identifies the ruined convent in which the characters are staying as the Villa Bruscoli, or the Villa Medici in Fiesole.[1]

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  1. ^Ondaatje, Michael (1992).The English Patient.New York: Vintage Books. pp.56.ISBN0679745203.

43°48′21.16″N11°17′21.21″E/ 43.8058778°N 11.2892250°E/43.8058778; 11.2892250