Buoninsegna Machiavelli and Lorenzo di Fillipo inherit the derelict Castle of Montesertoli in the Val di Pesa.The subsequent rise in the family’s wealth and social standing enables them to purchase further properties including a ‘property on the Roman Road, St Andrea’, the site of the present day villa, from the then powerful Pitti clan.
Bernardo Machiavelli, a doctor of law, inherits the property from his cousin, Totto, Buoninsegna Machiavelli’s son.
Niccolò Machiavelli inherits the estate from his father, Bernardo.
Niccolò Machiavelli dies in the family home in Florence on 21 June.
Ristoro Machiavelli marries Maria Strozzi.
Benedetto Machiavelli marries Lucrezia Strozzi.
The Machiavelli family acquires the Macinaia farm in front of the villa.
Giorgio Vasari il Giovane, a renowned architect, publishes 'La città ideale del Cavalier Giorgio Vasari'. The book contains his plans for the second phase of additions to the villa.
Filipo Machiavelli purchases the Certo farm adjacent to Mangiacane.
Filipo Machiavelli purchases the Trebbio estate and the properties are consolidated.
Filippo Machiavelli dies, leaving his assets, including the Mangiacane Estate, to his children.
Villa Mangiacane and its four adjoining estates are sold to Senator Mazzeo Mazzei, ending more than two centuries of ownership by the Machiavelli family.
Senator Mazzeo Mazzei purchases Villa Mangiacane and it’s four adjoining estates.
Mazzeo Mazzei dies without heirs, leaving his property to his nephew, Zanobi Mazzei.
Zanobi’s son, Filippo, inherits the estate after his father’s death.
Filippo Mazzei, who became a well-known physician, libertarian and close friend to Thomas Jeff erson, was born in this year.
Italy’s most respected historian at the time, Alfredo Melani, publishes a book titled ‘Archtettura Italiana Antica e Moderna’ that confirms the villa was the work of Michelangelo.
A severe earthquake on 18 May causes severe damage to the villa.
Raffaello and Eugenio Mazzei sign an act protecting the villa as a historical building of great importance.
Giuseppina Mazzei, Raffaello's daughter, partly inherits the villa and marries Armando Buresti.
During the Second World War the German army used the Mangiacane estate as a command centre. After the area was liberated in 1944, the allied forces used it as a hospital.
The Mazzei dynasty’s ownership of the Mangiacane estate finally ends when Adriana Buresti and Lapo Jacopo Mazzei sell the property to Ferdinanda Quintavalle and Guidi da Bagno.
The estate is acquired by Ferdinanda Quintavalle and her husband Guido da Bagno. During this period, the ruins of the East wing are removed and the front entrance and piazza modified.
Guidi da Bagno sells Villa Mangiacane to Antonio, Pasquale and Massimo di Leo.
Guidi da Bagno sells Villa Mangiacane to Antonio, Pasquale and Massimo di Leo.
While replanting the vineyard close to the villa, an unexploded Allied bomb is uncovered and safely detonated by the local bomb disposal unit.
The Mangiacane Art Foundation finalizes plans to install a Shona sculpture exhibition in the gardens. In addition, a South African art collection is installed in the villa.
The new Mangiacane winery is completed with a technical cellar equipped with modern technology for the production of a fi ne Chianti Classico wine.
The restoration work of the estate is finalised and the villa opens as a small luxury hotel.