The Villa Gamberaia in Settignano: the street in the garden

Abstract

In the villa you canescape the clamour, the tumult, the worldly stormsof the piazza and the palace. In the villayou canhide yourselfin order to avoidseeing the great quantityof wickedmankind.Only the villa, above all else, is grateful, pretty, loyal, trustworthy. If you govern it with diligence and love, it willnever cease to satisfy you, always heapingreward upon rewardsandwhen you are old and weary (in town), the villa (gives you) the greatest profit, making you refreshed, seasoned, complete, and sound.¹