The Buontalenti Grotto in the Boboli Gardens is a stunning place, where you enjoy as though you’re in a fairy tale. Sculptures of legendary creatures and man-made stalagmites covering its exterior and inside make the cave perhaps the most well known landmarks in the Boboli Gardens. Buontalenti Grotto, a masterpiece of Florentine Mannerist style, consists of three rooms organized in succession. The first chamber is devoted to nature and metamorphosis. Rocks, hollows, and stalactites bring out the atmosphere of a characteristic cavern, however in the event that you look cautiously you understand that they portray sheep, goats, and shepherds playing their pipes. Divider and roof frescoes by Bernardino Poccetti portraying fantastic animals complete the surreal atmosphere. In the corners, you can discover copies of the famous Michelangelo's Prigioni (Prisoners). These four sculptures (the originals are presently kept at the Galleria dell'Accademia) are four figures cut in stone, yet sketched, and which support the top of the cavern. The Prisoners represent the transforming force of nature and review the antiquated fantasy of Deucalion and Pyrrha, described in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The ability to transform is also a run of the mill force of speculative chemistry, the discipline ready to transform lead into gold.