The patrician villa, Villa Palmieri is located in the Fiesole’s picturesque town of Italy, overlooking the city of Florence. The villa’s entrance from the town is through the Giovanni Boccaccio. This villa contains various sculptures and paintings of the past which inspire the tourists very much.At the end of 14th century, Villa Palmieri was in existence and possessed by the Fini family.

The Fini‘s then sold the villa to Marco Palmieri who was a humanist scholar and the one whose name the villa still bears.In 1697, Palmieri restructured the garden by sweeping away all the vestiges for creating a terrace that faces to the south.He commenced on constructing paired stairs leading the lower level’s lemon garden and also five bays arcaded loggia.Even though some of the decors are stripped from the villa’s façade, the lemon garden still survives.

James Ludovic Lindsay purchased Villa Palmieri in 1873 and fashionably recreated some parts of the ground in a naturalistic manner. He dotted the parkland with some specimen trees and also with the plants of exotic tender. The Fountain of Three Faces was also included in his commissions, with the little chapel that was located on villa’s one side. Only a little of the villa’s original character remained, as it suffered from being a show-place since many owners tried out the architectures of their days. Villa Palmieri’s oval geometric garden of lemons is the only oldest part remaining with it today. This garden is set around the central circular basin with warm weather and all frames clipped.

The vaults of Limonaia were used to support the upper terrace which was glazed in the 19th century. The lemon trees are successfully protected from the hard frost that was very occasional in Fiesole. The Villa Palmieri has a “Villetta” which generally means “a small or little villa”. Possibly, every villa has a villetta and the villetta of the Villa Palmieri has a good set of artists as well as admirable design.