Rucellai Gardens (Real)

Rucellai Gardens (Real),Scene of the political supper given by Bernardo Rucellai at which Baldassarre Calvo tries to reveal Tito Melema's deceit and ingratitude, but breaks down before he can prove his charge. The Rucellai Gardens, or, Orti Oricellari, a famous garden in the Via della Scala where in the time of Bernardo Rucellai, after the death of Lorenzo de' Medici, the meetings of the Platonic Academy in Florence were held.

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