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| Location | Piazza San Felice 8,Florence, Italy |
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| Website | The Landmark Trust – Holiday at Casa Guidi |
Casa Guidi is awriter's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of thePitti Palace inFlorence, Italy. Thepiano nobile apartment was inhabited byRobert andElizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. Their only child,Robert Barrett Browning (known as Pen), was born there in 1849.
Casa Guidi was the subject of her 1851 poem "Casa Guidi Windows".
The Browning household was a centre ofBritish society in Florence although it was said thatTheodosia Trollope's house was more care free. There was no animosity, however, and the Trollope's daughter played with the Browning's sonRobert, known as Pen.[1] After Pen's death in 1912 the apartment was bought by several Browning enthusiasts. By that time, Casa Guidi was in poor shape, and the apartment retained hardly any furniture or paintings. TheBrowning Society inNew York restored it, before giving it toEton College which undertook further work so that the building could be used as a study centre. Today, it is part of TheEton College Collections, but is administered by theLandmark Trust, who also look after the apartment above the one whereJohn Keats died in Rome. When not being used by Eton boys, the property is available for holiday lets booked through the Landmark Trust.[2]
Casa Guidi is open to the public for 3:00–6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from April to November. There is no admission fee, but donations are welcome.
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