The Boboli gardens extends between Pitti palace, Belvedere Fort and Roman Gate in Florence, Italy.
It is the typical Italian garden that merges architectonic constructed nature and natural architecture, housing sculptures and plastic groups from the antiquity to XIX the century.
Pitti palace was built up at the foot of the hill of Boboli of will of banker Bonaccorso Pitti. The plan of Filippo Brunelleschi, to which the work was commissioned, came realized from the student Luca Fancelli. In the 1550 the palace, left unfinished, was acquired by Cosimo I° Medici and his wife Eleonora of Toledo. Cosimo I, planning to transform its politics and its dwelling, called Niccolò Tribolo in order to construct the garden. Tribolo died the year after.
We begin with the visit to the Buontalenti cove. From the courtyard of the Ammannati towards left we arrive at the Garden of Madama (dedicated to the Grand Duchess Giovanna of Austria).
The cove (1583-88), at the escape of the Vasari corridor, is offered to the visitor with a porch with two columns, in which extremities there are two niches housing statues of Cerere and Apollo, carved by Baccio Bandinelli.
In the centre of second cove there are the statues of Elena and Paride (1560). There are also Giambologna's works.