Glossary · G
Giardino segreto
Also called giardini segreti, secret garden
The secret garden of the Italian villa: a small enclosed garden by the house, reserved for the owner, with flowers, herbs, fruit trees and a fountain.
See also: Hortus conclusus
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.
A feature of Italian Renaissance garden architecture.
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Geometric mean · Geometric tracery · Gerberette · Giant order · Girih · Giwa · Going · Golden section