Water, Water, Everywhere...(except where it isn't)

Streets of water, water for streets. Turquoise, Venetian Red (of course), Ochre, and a kaleidoscope of deep colors floating on the limpid liquid. My first visit to Serrenissma in 2006.

One of the Medici's first out-of-town spreads, this fortified villa was based on earlier castellos. These buttresses shown support a protected walkway on the top floor (great for boiled oil). This was the site of Cosimo Medici's Platonic Academy with one member, Michelozzo being the esteemed architect.