The position of this villa on the crest of the Giogoli hill is so exceptionable that it can be seen from all parts of the surrounding countryside. Its tower is a part of the panorama like the more famous towers such as the Torre del Gallo, or that of Vincigliata or that of Castel di Poggio. The large building which was reconstructed in the 16th. century and enlarged in the 17th. century retains few traces of the former towered edifice owned by the Vespucci family. The present appearance is closer to that desired by the Antinori family, who inherited the building in the first years of the 16th. century. In 1627 they built the beautiful chapel at the bottom of the walled garden next to the picturesque lemon-tree conservatory. From the middle of the 19th. century various proprietors occupied themselves with the villa- including amongst these, a celebrated tenor who while on tour in America ordered through correspondence, the embellishment of the edifice in the decorative style of the 15th. century with the application of small columns, ornamental decorations and capitals all of which where made of reinforced concrete, as he had seen employed on the promenade in Viareggio. At the beginning of the war the first works of restoration were executed, followed by the efforts of the Martelli family, who restituted the original appearance of the villa. The commission has included the planning and execution of the project, the directing of the works of reconstruction and restoration, the co-ordination of the technical and structural projects and the installations. Assistance has also been supplied for the technological and administrative tests and accountancing. A particular contribution has been requested in association with the project for the restoration of the villa for which the studio has been approached: the adaptation of the villa in the form of a management centre for the famous Targetti brand, leaders in the field of illumination. Fulfilling the modern requirements of the ancient structure and supervising the functional redistribution of all of the interior spaces has permitted the creation of an auditorium of 100 seats, lecture-halls for formative courses, offices, technological laboratories, a meeting-room and a library besides several rooms of residence. Furthermore the works involved have foreste the total restoration of all of the architectural details, both internal and external, in addition to the philological restoration of the frescoes on the ground-floor and the resumption of the cultivation of the garden. Afterwards, until the period between the two World Wars, the two estates were used as a luxury hotel and in certain areas traces of these times are visible. Successively, until the last interventions of restoration the whole complex had been destined for use as offices by a company which had only taken care of the aspects relating to ordinary maintenance.