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The villa
Thoroughly restructured around 1850 by the famous Florentine architect Giuseppe Poggi and redecorated around 1890 by the Pisan architect Luigi Bellincioni, the villa has, with the exception of a few baroque frescoes, its kitchens and its cellars, kept only few traces of the medieval tower that it was until the 17th century or of the old country manor house that it was in the 18th century.
It appears on the outside as a sober Risorgimento manor in which inside alternate the sumptuous neoclassical and Art Nouveau lounges desired in the 19th century by Duke Amerigo Antinori, then by his daughter Princess Maria Antinori-Aldobrandini.
It is today the residence of the current owners and regularly serves as a setting for Villa Cosmiana wine events.
The gardens
The villa and its 18th century Italianate rose garden are surrounded by an 11-hectare English-style park soberly designed by Giuseppe Poggi around 1850: a large original central lawn is bordered by now century-old holm oaks, umbrella pines and cedars and enriched with winding paths and Liberty gardens designed in 1890 by the Pisan architect Luigi Bellincioni.
Since 2019 and their restoration, they have rediscovered the delicate multi-coloured floral arrangements that enchanted visitors to Villa Cosmiana during the Belle Epoque.
The collections
If the original collections of Duke Amerigo and Princess Maria Antinori-Aldobrandini unfortunately completely disappeared in the dark years following the disappearance of the latter, the villa, its annexes and its gardens today once again house interesting collections of art composed of 350 paintings, sculptures and art objects patiently brought together over the last 30 years by the current owners.
From archaeology to avant-garde painting, with a large share of Italian, Flemish and French baroque and classical painting, the present collections allow us to reconnect with the spirit and taste of the historic owners and contribute to recreating this eclectic atmosphere of luxury and elegance which reigned on the estate from the 17th century to the 1930s.
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