Villa Mimbelli

The Tuscan "spots" that set fire to the artistic panorama of the late 1800s and early 1900s with Maremma landscapes, soldiers, cowherds and oxen.
For those on holiday on the Etruscan coast, the delightful museum of Villa Mimbelli is worth a visit.
Arriving in Livorno from the south coast means taking the beautiful panoramic road of the Romito: overlooking the sea, at times it seems like a diving board to dive into. The scent of the sea that breaks violently on the rock in your tortuous path is deeply balsamic.
 Even in the summer heat, you can find a nice cool inside the park of Villa Mimbelli, where the museum is located. The villa, home to the museum, is naturally cool, as well as frescoed
For Art Nouveau lovers, entering Villa Mimbelli offers a unique architectural itinerary that recalls the glories of this 19th-century tycoon who was passionate about exotic travel and rare objects.
 Obviously we are in the realm of the Macchiaioli. The movement was born in Florence in that artistic crossroads which was the Caffè Michelangelo and in Livorno it found another shelter in the Caffè Bardi in Piazza Cavour.
In Giovanni Fattori's brushstrokes reality can be glimpsed made of chiaroscuro and dense spots of light and colour. Historical episodes alternate with portraits and landscapes first of all its coast, the sea with the tower in Calafuria and the Maremma with the butteri and the huge cows burnt in the sun.