Gli impianti storici per l'utilizzo delle acque nei giardini delle ville medicee di Castello e Petraia: analisi, restauro e valorizzazione dell'archeologia acquedottistica

The Medicean villas have been designated as UNESCO World heritage Sites. The gardens, the statues, the artificial caves, the historic landscape surrounding the villas, water resources, together with the architecture of the water, represent monumental and artistic values. The paper describes the importance of archeological and cultural heritage of the system of aqueducts of the historical villas of Pertain and Castle (Florence). The ancient aqueducts, their state of degradation, misure of water supplies, are analyzed, as well as the proposals of restoration and valorization of systems for the collection and distribution of water, to support reuse in the garden villas fountains. The increasing of the hydrogeological resource, the setting-up of cultural itinerary of the aqueduct are important aspects of the future designs..