On the left immediately below the painter's vantage-ground is the Mugnone, with a bridge over it.

On the bank in front is the Villa Palmieri, and on the picture's extreme left is the Badia of Fiesole.
On leaving S.Domenico, if still bent on walking, one should keep straight on and not follow the tram lines to the right.

This is the old and terribly steep road which Lorenzo the Magnificent and his friends Politian and Pico della Mirandola had to travel whenever they visited the Medici villa, just under Fiesole, with its drive lined with cypresses.

Here must have been great talk and much conviviality.

It is now called the Villa McCalmont.
Once at Fiesole, by whatever means you reach it, do not neglect to climb the monastery steps to the very top.