Palazzina Reale delle Cascine

Built in the mid-18th century by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 2020 now houses part of the offices of the faculty of agricultural and forestry sciences of the University of Florence.

At the site, he built this small palace, also described as a casino, which in its time described an often rural or semi-rural house for out-door or garden jaunts or entertainment.

Planning of the two story structure was begun in 1785 by the artist and architect Gaspare Maria Paoletti, who was soon replaced by his young pupil Giuseppe Manetti.

The façade has a ground-story brick portico with seven arches each flanked by bas-relief medallions, designed by Giuseppe Manetti, depicting activities related to the care and husbandry of cattle.

In the Gallery, today the Aula Magna, there are plaster statues, burnished to imitate bronze, depicting the Bacchae, sculpted by Luigi Acquisti.