Fezzano
Botticcelli and the painting The Birth of Venus
In Fezzano lived Simonetta Cattaneo, who married Marco Vespucci, a Florentine, at a very young age. Her beauty intrigued Lorenzo the Magnificent, inspired Poliziano, who sang it in the “Stanze”, but above all, Botticelli who, in the “Birth of Venus” gave the Goddess the features of the beautiful, Simonetta.
Botticcelli and the painting The Birth of Venus
In Fezzano lived Simonetta Cattaneo, who married Marco Vespucci, a Florentine, at a very young age. Her beauty intrigued Lorenzo the Magnificent, inspired Poliziano, who sang it in the “Stanze”, but above all, Botticelli who, in the “Birth of Venus” gave the Goddess the features of the beautiful, Simonetta.