The beautiful gardens of Villa Medici, which is home to the French Academy and located in Rome, as well as the English-style gardens of Ninfa near Latina are the top winners of the 2015 edition of the competition called ‘The most beautiful park in Italy’.
Among others, Villa Toeplitz in Varese, which is the former country residence of a German noble family with bucolic paths leading past gardens, and fruit orchards; Villa Borromeo Visconti Litta near Milan with its fountains of Galatea and Neptune, its gardens, and its outdoor theatre used for concerts, plays and other events.
The Liguria region also boasts two winners with the gardens of Villa Grock, designed by Charles Adrien Wettach, the so-called ‘king of clowns’, in a mix of architectural styles; and Villa Serra di Sant’Olcese in Genoa, an English-style garden spreading over nine hectares.
Tuscany has the colourful Giardino dei Tarocchi in Capalbio, close to Grosseto, with twenty-two monumental figures representing the greater Mysteries of the tarot and decorated with mosaics made of glass, ceramic and mirrors; the Garzoni historic garden in Pescia representing the Renaissance and Baroque styles.
In the Southern regions, there are Puglia’s La Cutura botanical garden in Giuggianello, with 35 hectares of rare cacti and tropical plants; and Villa Caristo in Stignano near Reggio Calabria, an 18th-century rural villa that is the only example of baroque art in Calabria.
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