Villa Celsa in Siena
Villa Celsa is located in Celsa in the province of Siena. The villa is also known by the name Celsi. The Celsi were an important family owned the villa. The coat of arms of the family Celsi is red with a silver lion and a green stripe. In addition to the Celsi family coat of arms, the villa is also the emblem of the Aldobrandini family. The Coat of Arms of the Aldobrandini family is blue with a gold band with battlements and six golden stars.
Villa Celsa is characterized by its imposing tower and crenellated fortress walls, still partly intact. The medieval castle in fact was converted into a house by Mino Celsi, owner of the dwelling in the sixteenth century. Mino Celsi called the architect Baldassare Peruzzi to beautify and restore his residence. The works of the sixteenth century were performed by Peruzzi: the circular shaped chapel in the garden, the retaining walls of the terraces, the triangular courtyard between the two towers.
Particularly spectacular the system of terraces that goes from the villa to the underneath valley. The terraces are connected by stairways and paths bordered by pillars. The square with a gazebo is characterized by a semicircular basin. Allegorical statues adorn the fishpond which is bounded by a wall. By admiring the garden you can see the circular fences and obelisks. The creation of the garden take visitors back to the seventeenth and the eighteenth century, even if a fundamental part of the park is the chapel dating back to the sixteenth century.
The castle has now a neo-Gothic style, due to the restructuring of the early nineteenth century. In fact, in 1804 the property passed to the Chigi family. In the early twentieth century, the villa was acquired by the Aldobrandini family.
The villa is now a historic residence, rentable for holidays as our many proposals. Choose on our site the villa or the castle in Tuscany that you prefer and let us know.
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