The architecture

The majestic late Renaissance form that we can still appreciate today is the one given by Santi di Tito at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The four facades are marked by regular series of windows with a classic Renaissance design; all protected by ancient iron bars, each one shows frames in pietra serena, more complex and decorated those on the ground floor. The two floors are divided by an elegant string course, also in pietra serena, which runs along all four fronts. The Villa was restored, with great care by Don Tommaso, at the end of the nineteenth century and again in 1992 by Don Duccio and Donna Clotilde. Having chosen Le Corti as their habitual residence, they undertook an intense restoration work, culminating in 2001 with the major restoration of the roofs and facades.

The interiors

The heart of the structure is the large internal courtyard, also quadrangular, surrounded by a loggia with round arches with cross vaults: from here you can access the rooms on the ground floor. Among these, the Sala delle Donne is particularly fascinating, so called because at the end of the 19th century it was decorated by the painter Gaetano Bianchi with the coats of arms of the noble families of the ladies who married the Corsini princes. Following, in a row, are the other rooms, each of which has a particular theme, such as the Sala dei Titoli with vaults decorated with the devices of the members of the Corsini family or the Sala Clemente dedicated to the namesake Pope Corsini. From the Salone di Tramontana, characterised by the fireplace in pietra serena, you can access the gardens through the large stone door.

The Historical Archive

Since 2014, the first floor has housed the extraordinary Historical Archive of the Corsini Family, considered one of the five most important private archives in Italy. Over 15,000 archival units including maps, parchments, files, diplomatic correspondence, commercial or administrative registers that tell a thousand years of history of the Corsini family, between Tuscany, Italy and Europe. The Archive, set up on the first floor, winds along one kilometer and two hundred meters of shelves of documents, including a very rich photographic collection. It is a huge heritage of knowledge available to scholars of various fields: historical, artistic, economic, social, political, geographical.

The Archive can be visited privately by appointment.