![]() In the distance to their left, Langdon spied an elliptical-shaped lagoon with a small island adorned with lemon trees and statuary. They were standing beneath the trees at the edge of a wide-open plaza where several paths intersected. More important, traversing the Boboli Gardens would eventually lead them to the Palazzo Pitti, the stone citadel that once housed the main seat of the Medici grand duchy, and whose 140 rooms remained one of Florence’s most frequented tourist attractions. After all, the gardens were vast and had no shortage of hiding places-forests, labyrinths, grottoes, nymphaea. Langdon had little doubt that if he and Sienna could gain entrance to the gardens, they could make their way across it, bypassing the Porta Romana undetected. The massive expanse of the Boboli Gardens was now a popular tourist attraction. ![]() Along the Isolotto through the tunnel of leaves and Viottolone to the Neptune fountain and from there to the Grotta del Buontalenti and the door that provides access to the Vasari Corridor. ![]() ![]() I visited the Gardino di Boboli and in search of the places that are mentioned in the book. ![]() The main characters of the story Robert Langdon and Sienna Brooks traverse the famous gardens in their attempt to escape their pursuers. The latest bestselling novel by Dan Brown “Inferno” is for a large part set in Florence and one of the places that play a prominent role in the story is the Giardino di Boboli (Boboli Garden). ![]()
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