In the Mugello countryside north of Florence, portraitist Michele Gordigiani made this old villa his home in the late 19th century. Working with architect Luigi Del Moro, he reshaped it around painting, music and a life spent between Florence and the countryside.
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
Photography: courtesy of Fiesoli Homes
His atelier remains one of its most distinctive spaces. Set on the piano nobile, it has large glazed openings and iron-framed windows, with a music room and reception spaces nearby. Portraits and paintings connected to the history of the house still hang on the walls.
The villa later hosted figures including Gabriele D’Annunzio and Eleonora Duse. Gordigiani’s daughter Giulietta married Robert von Mendelssohn, extending the family’s cultural links between Florence and Berlin.
Below are historic kitchens, cellars and former service rooms opening towards loggias and garden spaces. Outside, terraces, rose-covered structures, mature planting, an olive grove and a limonaia spread across the estate, with views towards Lake Bilancino.
The property measures around 1,800 square metres, with 22 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms across 20,000sqm of land. It is asking €4.7 million through Fiesoli Homes.
