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Castello di Sammezzano, Tuscany

            The Castle of Sammezzano, is an abandoned Italian palazzo in Tuscany featuring amazing Moorish Revival interiors. It is located in Leccio, a hamlet of Reggello, in the Province of Florence.

The original palazzo was erected in about 1605 by the Spanish nobleman Ximenes of Aragon. In the 19th century, Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenes inherited the property and, between 1853 and 1889, remodeled it into one of the finest examples of Moorish Revival architecture.

The castle has 365 rooms, one for every day of the year and each room has its own name and differs from the others.

The sumptuous Atrium of the Columns, with the relief of pomegranates, leads to the vast Rotonda, an octagonal ballroom overlooked by the fifteen guest rooms, built entirely in Mudejar style.

There is the Room of Love and that of Mirrors, from the vault of which hundreds of muquarnas, the small stalactites typical of Islamic architecture, hang. The colorful "Indian" classrooms, such as that of the Gigli and - the most famous - immersed in bundles of bright psychedelic rainbows - the Peacock Room. And more: the White Room with Moroccan mosaic tiled floors and wrought iron chandeliers hanging from the ceilings, the Hall of Lilies, and also a small chapel.

Sadly it is no longer possible to go inside the palazzo!

Taken in: Italy / Tuscany / Reggello / Leccio (show map)

Taken on: April 30, 2022

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