A Florentine Villa Whose Story Is One of Family
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/t-magazine/florence-italian-villa-design.html
The villa, called Bellavista, is perched on a hill overlooking Florence’s city center.Credit.Maurizio Strippoli
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For three generations, the Caponis’ 15th-century home has been a repository of history, style and togetherness.
The villa, called Bellavista, is perched on a hill overlooking Florence’s city center.Credit.Maurizio Strippoli
March 3, 2021
IN 1974, LORETTA CAPONI found a house in the leafy San Niccolò neighborhood of Florence, Italy. She and her husband, the painter Dino Caponi, had spent 20 years living near the city center, but Loretta, the owner of a namesake local fine-linen-and-embroidery business, loved roses, and this house nestled in the lush hillside south of the Arno River had a garden.