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Mongan, who also serves on the academic and financial committees that oversee I Tatti's operations, said that Berenson left the villa to Harvard because of its longevity, rather than give it to the National Gallery of Art, which was only 28 years...
Maintaining I Tatti is a costly venture. Income from its approximately $10 million endowment covered less than half of the center's $1.2 million operating budget during the 1985-'86 fiscal year. Trying to make up the additional cost, coupled with compensating for the falling price of the U.S. dollar against the Italian lira, has forced the University to begin seeking outside grants and donations...
...success of past I Tatti fundraising efforts suggests that the center will raise sufficient revenue to keep the villa functioning, according to Mongan. Recent grants have enabled officials to renovate a former farmhouse adjacent to the main structure for additional library space...
Students interested in visiting Villa I Tatti can receive a guided tour or peruse its resources, provided they make an appointment. The estate not open to the general public. The center's mailing address is Via de Vincigliata 26, in Florence, Italy...
Across the Atlantic Ocean sits another Harvard structure almost equally as resplendent as Villa Tatti. Adjacent to the Danish Embassy in Georgetown, nestled among 16 acres of formal gardens, Japanese cherry trees and pebble covered paths, is a 19th-century brick mansion, which houses the Dumbarton Oaks Research Center and Library...