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The Medici Villa of Pratolino was demolished in 1822, but was later bought by the Demidoff family of Russian origin, who used the secondary building of the pages as a new villa, enlarging and renovating it. The park, although distorted and stripped over the centuries, is one of the most beautiful and vast in all of Tuscany, among the most important in the English style. Although many original works of art have been removed over the centuries, the park still retains many of significant interest.
The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its remains are now part of the Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna.
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