To many of us, the great gardens of Italy seem like paradise on earth. This work describes the great gardens of the Medici; the first botanic gardens; the weird... » 

To many of us, the great gardens of Italy seem like paradise on earth. This work describes the great gardens of the Medici; the first botanic gardens; the weird Mannerist gardens and their grottoes followed by the Baroque splendour of Isola Bella and the Villa Aldobrandini; and more. «