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Gherardo Silvani

….The Italian garden that was laid out at that time remains unchanged to this day. The garden is divided into two parts by a central avenue, lined with statues on plinths that decrease in size to create an impression of greater depth…..

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# 25/04/2006 in some history

The Corsini Family in Encyclopædia Britannica

… a Florentine princely family, whose first recorded ancestors rose to wealth as wool merchants in the 13th century. As typical members of the popolo grasso (rich merchants) that ruled Florence during the later European Middle Ages, they regularly served as priors and ambassadors of the commune.

Filippo Corsini (1334–1421) was created count palatine by the emperor Charles IV in…
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# 20/04/2006 in some history

A Brief History of the Family

The first Corsini of which there are documented records is Don Tommaso, a capable entrepreneur, who in the year 1316 settled in Florence. By placing his sons and nephews in all the influential positions such as the Church, politics and trade, he set the foundations of what was to become one of the most important and powerful families in Italy.
Andrea, Bishop of Fiesole in the late forteenth century, was made a saint three centuries later. Pietro bacame cardinal and was responsible for the Pope’s return to Rome from exile in Avignon. Matteo made a fortune by trading wool, silk and other merchandise between England and Italy in the 14th Century.
In 1730 Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini was elected Pope Clemente XII.
A patron of the arts he founded the Capitol Museums in Rome and commissioned the Trevi Fountain and the facade of the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano.
Over the following centuries the Corsinis extended their properties by acquiring large estates in Tuscany Umbria and Latium, at the same time built palaces in Rome and in Florence.
Their interest in arts is visible in the celebrated painting collection in Florence, which still belongs to the Family.
Today the family is involved in many activities linked to past traditions but with an eye to the future. Wine and olive oilare produced according to the most up-do-date technologies at the Family’s Estate Le Corti in Chianti and Marsiliana in Maremma. Shooting and farming are just some of the activities in Marsiliana.
Whilst two younger members of the family are succesfull painters and decorators.

# 19/04/2006 in about us, some history

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