The house of Machiavelli ( it, Casa di Machiavelli), also referred to as ''L'Albergaccio'' (, literally "The Bad Hotel"), was the place where

Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( , , ; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527), occasionally rendered in English as Nicholas Machiavel ( , ; see below), was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. ...

lived during his exile from

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. This is located in

Sant'Andrea in Percussina Sant'Andrea in Percussina is a ''frazione'' of San Casciano Val di Pesa in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This small, but long-established village is located between San Casciano Val di Pesa and Florence. Niccolò Machiavell ...

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, in the

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L'Albergaccio

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) was secretary to the second chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. Machiavelli lived in this house when he was exiled from Florence when the Medici came back in power in 1512. This house, including the attached tavern L'Albergaccio, is described in one of his most famous letters to Francesco Vettori from 10 December 1513. In this letter, Machiavelli described his typical day characterized by daily work to run the farm and the nights spent in the restaurant playing with the owner and the local butcher. He spent the rest of the night reading, and writing his most important book entitled

The Prince ''The Prince'' ( it, Il Principe ; la, De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of ''The ...

(De Principatibus: il Principe), a masterpiece of modern political science. The house is still owned by the Machiavelli family and more recently inherited by the noble florentine family Serristori. In the last years the house is rather owned by the Gruppo Italiano Vini which has made the house one of its most prestigious vineyard. Today is possible to visit the house, its wine cellar, and via an underground path it is possible to visit the tavern already described by Machiavelli. {{Authority control Niccolò Machiavelli San Casciano in Val di Pesa Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan City of Florence