24/05/2008

Giardino delle Rose

In 1865 the City of Florence asked Giuseppe Poggi, the architect who masterminded the restructuring of the future Capital of the Kingdom of Italy, to turn his attention to the left bank of the Arno. Poggi had the city buy about 2.5 acres of the hillside above Porta San Niccolò (upriver from the Ponte Vecchio) that Rose Garden, Poggi's terraces towards the end of the century. It was May 1895, during the annual Festa di Belle Arti offer a magnificent view of the city. The which is patterned after similar French gardens, was planted on opened to the public in delle Arti e dei Fiori organized by the Societ and the Italian Horticultural Society.




Address: Viale Giuseppe Poggi 2 – Firenze

Ph: 055.2342426
Ticket: Free entrance
From 1 July to 30 April 8.00 - 14.00. From 1 May to 30 June: 8.00 - 20.00