Location Reggello, Italy Opened 1885 Construction started 1605 | Completed 1885 Owner Sammezzano Castle SrL | |
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Address 50066 Leccio, Reggello Florence, Italy Architectural style Moorish Revival architecture Similar Rocchetta Mattei, Unitarian Church in Charleston, Church architecture, Nasir ol Molk Mosque, Sacred Cenote | ||
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Sammezzano, or the Castle of Sammezzano, is an Italian palazzo in Tuscany notable for its Moorish Revival architectural style. It is located in Leccio, a hamlet of Reggello, in the Province of Florence.
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Overview
The original palazzo was erected in about 1605 by the Spanish nobleman, Ximenes of Aragon. In the 19th century, Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenes inherited the property and, between 1853 and 1889, remodeled it into one of the largest examples of Moorish Revival architecture. Umberto I, king of Italy, visited Ximenes at Sammezzano in 1878.
The palazzo served as a luxury hotel in the post WWII era; then was vacated and closed. A committee called FPXA 1813-2013, acronym for Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragon, was organized in 2012 to attempt to restore and preserve the palazzo, which has 365 rooms, each with unique, Moorish decoration.