The Rocca Strozzi

The architectural complex of the Rocca Strozzi today appears as the result of a fusion of various distinct buildings: the body of the ‘Rocca’ (or keep) itself, with its military fortifications, the various spaces that attest to the gradual transformation of the castle into a villa/farmhouse, winding around an internal courtyard, with a garden and various annexes, in which the rural structure co-exists with military architecture, and the ancient fortifications soften into the forms of a suburban villa.

The Rocca Strozzi, at the time of its acquisition by the municipality, showed evident signs of disrepair, due to the slow, gradual abandonment of the building complex; the flow of time was eroding and even removing the signs of the original defensive function of the fortress, and of its successive transformation into a villa/farmhouse.

The installation of the Museum has involved the spaces on the ground floor of the villa-farmhouse, and the spaces of the ex-wine cellar, following a precise design of itineraries shared with the responsible Superintendence.