Albergaccio, Machiavelli's House, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
House Machiavelli or Albergaccio, as it is universally known , was the home of the Niccolo Machiavelli during the exile and is located in Sant'Andrea in Percussina , in the municipality of San Casciano Val di Pesa. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) Secretary of the Florentine Republic in the years 1498-1512 , is one of the largest and most interesting figures of the Renaissance. Writer varied and cultured, reserved his interests above politics, that , first of all , he considered a science in its own right . The House of St. Andrew in Percussina along with several farms belonged to the family of the writer . Here he took refuge after being exiled from Florence in 1512 , when the Medici returned to the city . The farm , with the adjoining tavern Albergaccio , is described in one of his most famous letters , one addressed to his friend Francesco Vettori , dated December 10, 1513 . The letter described his day among the occupations that are derived from the conduct of its properties and evenings spent at the tavern to play backgammon with the innkeeper and butcher 's place . But at night he retired to his library and spends hours reading the classics that inspired a book , written straight in a few months , and entitled De Principatibus : Prince , the work to which he owes his fame. After his death the house passed to his heirs and always pedigrees came to the noble Florentine family of Serristori . A few years ago belongs to the Italian Wine Group here that has some of its most beautiful vineyards and restored it accurately. You can visit the rooms of the villa , the beautiful wineries , and through an underground passage , enter the tavern described by Machiavelli himself . Even this has preserved over the centuries unchanged atmosphere .