“In the shade of gardens, in Italy and abroad”: A lecture by Prof. Ada V. Segre, Technion and WIZO School of Design in Haifa
Francesco I de’ Medici, Granduke of Tuscany from 1574 to 1587, is Cosimo I’s successor. He is known for his passion for natural science, alchemy and as a patron of the arts. In the present conversation, we dwell on the figure of Francesco I and on the works commissioned by him. We shall talk about the Orti Oricellari, the Fonderia next to the San Marco Stables, the Studiolo in Palazzo Vecchio. Further, we shall present the garden of Pratolino, known as the marvel of Europe, with its grottoes, automata, waterworks and gamberaie (ponds for raising shrimps and crabs).
Ada V. Segre, garden historian and conservator, studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at the University of Bologna (Italy) and at the University of York (UK).
She was involved in the restoration of the Secret Gardens at Villa Borghese in Rome, the garden of the Doria-Pamphilj Palace in Genoa, the Este Delizia of the Verginese near Ferrara, the garden of Poggio Torselli in S. Casciano near Florence and the Garzoni Garden in Collodi. She taught at the University of Bologna, at the New York University in Florence, and is currently teaching at the Technion and at the Wizo College in Haifa. She published numerous papers and two books on the history of landscape architecture. At present she is the historic garden conservation consultant for the City of Tel Aviv and for the Weizmann Institute of Tel Aviv.
Event held in Italian.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016, at 19:00
Italian Cultural Institute
rehov Meir Rutberg 12 – Haifa
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