A
short history of the Academy of the Georgofili
The Georgofili's
name has become famous all over the world since the day of the bomb explosion,
though probably only a few people knew about this unusual Academy before
the tragic event. Now in its 243rd year, the Academy of the Georgofili
was founded by Abbot Montelatici in 1753, under the aegis of the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, to encourage agronomical studies.
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It was a revolutionary initiative for the times and, above all, unique
in Europe for it was the very first "association of minds interested
in the improvement of agriculture". The Academy changed headquarters
several times (it was also for a time in Palazzo Vecchio), before finally
settling in the Torre de' Pulci which has already been seriously damaged
twice before: it was badly damaged by the German mines in 1944 and during
the flood in 1966. S.P. See also: The
reopening of the Academy of the Georgofili Discoveries
during its restoration
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