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	Villa Farnese, Caprarola
		The grandiose pentagonal building by Vignola was built for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the grandson of Pope Paul III, in the mid 16th century.
		They are frescoed by the Zuccari family with grotesque decorations and scenes glorifying the Farnese family.
		Behind the Villa are two parterres, for the different seasons.
	www.bellinitravel.com /rome/walks/villafarnese.htm (0 words)

	Villa Farnese Information
		The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a palace in the city of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Latium, Italy (approximately 35 miles north-west of Rome).
		The Villa Farnese is a massive Renaissance construction built circa 1550, opening to the Monte Cimini, a range of densely wooded volcanic hills.
		The Villa Farnese was commissioned in 1559 by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese a grandson of Pope Paul III who was known for advancing the ambitions of his relations.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Villa_Farnese (1147 words)

	Villa Farnese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Latium, Italy (approximately 35 miles north-west of Rome).
		The Villa Farnese is a massive Renaissance construction built circa 1550, opening to the Monte Cimini, a range of densely wooded volcanic hills.
		The Villa Farnese was commissioned in 1559 by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese a grandson of Pope Paul III who was known for advancing the ambitions of his relations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Villa_Farnese (1170 words)

	Untitled Document
		The primary pieces of the villa organization are arranged symmetrically along a central axis, with the scale of the elements growing smaller as the procession away from the house.
		The situation of the Villa Gamberaia is similar to that of the Medici villa at Fiesole, with its views toward Florence.
		The entry to the villa is adjacent to the village at the palace.
	lamar.colostate.edu /~bradleyg/h-italy.html (1216 words)

	Farnese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy.
		Giulia Farnese, mistress of Pope Alexander VI and sister of the above Alessandro Farnese
		Ranuccio I Farnese, fourth Duke of Parma (1569—1622)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farnese (168 words)

	The Renaissance (14th - 17th Centuries)
		The villas were designed to integrate the house with landscape and the views and circulation were quite controlled.
		Villa Medici (1458) was built by Cosimo de Medici as a rural retreat.
		Baroque villas were characterized by over elaborate detail, including dramatic hillside terracing, exaggeration in architecture, diagonal or radial patterns, diagonal tree-lined avenues, cross axes, grotesque figures, great alteration of natural topography, and visual allusion (or false perspective).
	architecture.arizona.edu /landscape/courses/lar542/renaissance.htm (5150 words)

	River Gods and Grottoes: 4 Italian Renaissance Gardens - New York Times
		Since 1803, the villa has housed the French Academy, a school for promising Gallic artists and architects, now offering a broader arts curriculum, and sprinkled throughout the grounds was the disturbing artwork (skeletons, rotting sofas, beer bottles, masses of fake white peonies) crafted by the current crop of art students.
		Villa Lante and Villa Farnese at Caprarola are only about a half-hour drive apart, so it's possible to see both in the same day, but I'm glad I didn't.
		Villa Medici, overlooking the Piazza del Popolo in the heart of Rome, is open by appointment only, though you may be able to sneak a peek at the garden during public art exhibitions; Viale Trinità dei Monti 1, telephone (39-06) 676 11; fax, preferably in Italian or French, (39-06) 67 61 305; direttore@villamedici.it.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4DC1439F937A1575BC0A9659C8B63&sec=travel&pagewanted=all (2305 words)

	villa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Roman villa of the empire is described in several contemporary literary accounts and particularly by Pliny.
		The luxurious villa of Emperor Hadrian near Tivoli, of which extensive ruins remain, is said to have covered more than 7 sq mi (18 sq km); many works of art were exhumed there during the Renaissance.
		Among the finest villas are the Farnesina; the Villa d’Este at Tivoli; the Villa Farnese at Caprarola by Vignola; the Borghese Villa; and the Villa Doria Pamphili.
	www.bartleby.com /65/vi/villa.html (351 words)

	Villa Aurelia G21 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The villa was built for the cardinal Gerolamo Farnese in 17th century (pictured: entrance to the villa).
		From Farnese it came into possession of Borbone of Naples, then to Giraud in 1775, in 1845 to Muti Papazzurri Savorelli, when it was used as a seat of Garibaldi's headquarter.
		In 1856 the villa was restored and in 1880 was bought by the north American citizen Clara Jessup, who reconstructed it and gave it the contemporary name Villa Aurelia.
	www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/cities/rome2000/G21.htm (129 words)

	Villas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There were a set of social, political, religious and economic conditions to which the designers and owner of the villas and gardens responded.
		The second perspective that we could take in the study of these villas and gardens is that of the form maker.
		During the Medieval period some classical learning was preserved in Constantinople which fell to the Turks in 1453 A.D. Scholars fled from Constantinople to Florence and it is their influence as well as a growing prosperity which ushers in the new age.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /italy2004/villaIntro/menu.htm (596 words)

	Casa.it : ville farnese , trova una villa a farnese
		Gli annunci immobiliari di Casa.it a farnese forniscono il miglior aiuto a chi cerca un immobile: vendita ville a farnese, affitto ville a farnese, vendita villa a farnese, affitto villa a farnese
		Villa unifamiliare in posizione panoramicissima sul Lago di Bolsena con annesso terreno di Mq.
		Querciaiolo, between Viterbo and Vitorchiano, in a rural residential context, nicel villa of 170 mq.
	www.casa.it /ville/viterbo/FARNESE/ville-FARNESE.htm (1259 words)

	Studio Idea - Villas
		Villa unifamiliare di grande prestigio immersa in un bellissimo giardino di 2100 mq.
		In posizione riservata e ricca di verde, elegante villa unifamiliare circondata da un giardino curatissimo di 800 mq.
		In a quiet and full of green location, elegant family villa with surrounding splendid garden of approx 800 sqm.
	www.studioideaimmobiliare.it /le_nostre_offerte/villas.html (188 words)

	The Idea and Invention of the Villa \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The villa is therefore most aptly understood as a label or identity capturing several distinct parts, sometimes interrelated or dependent on one another and in other cases divorced from a larger architectural complex.
		The Invention of the Villa: Renaissance Rome and Florence
		Palladio's invention recalls the unusual combination of forms at the Villa Adriana, as he crowns the building with a dome and invests the structure with its alternate identity, the Villa Rotonda, which recognizes the ancient Roman example of the Pantheon.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/villa/hd_villa.htm (2086 words)

	Villas and Romantic Gardens of Italy - Tours by Italyaonoline.Net
		The combination of gardens, villas, museums, great cathedrals and art treasures, will make this a complete visit to Italy for those who wish to see, visit and absorb the complete sights and sounds of this beautiful country.
		Villa Sigurta in Valeggio sul Mincio; Lake Como: Tremezzo, Villa Carlotta, Villa d'Este.
		Wherever you go in Italy, there is a wealth of villas and gardens from which to choose and plan the perfect itinerary for your group.
	www.italyaonline.net /english/tours/villas_and_romantic_gardens.htm (982 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Farnese
		In 1578 the diplomat Alessandro Farnese was sent to represent Spain in the Netherlands, and by 1585 he had reestablished Spanish control over the southern provinces, ending the union with...
		In 1713 he arranged the marriage of the Duke of Parma's niece Elizabeth Farnese with Philip V of Spain.
		A younger son of a noble family of Brabant, he served under Duke Alessandro Farnese and against the Turks before entering the service of Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria, founder of the Catholic League.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Farnese&StartAt=21 (505 words)

	Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Summary
		There is an interesting letter from Cardinal Farnese (who was paying for the church) to Vignola, dated 1568, from which it is clear that the type was chosen by the cardinal and imposed by him on his architect and on the Jesuits.
		As in the earlier Villa Giulia, the forms are rather shallow, almost hard and dry, and they derive from those invented by Bramante for the Belvedere of the Vatican.
		Villa Giulia for Pope Julius III, in Rome (1550‑1553).
	www.bookrags.com /Giacomo_Barozzi_da_Vignola (1473 words)

	Italian Travel :: Lazio :: Tour of Italian gardens
		Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola was built 1570 by Vignola whom probably even produced the garden, which is divided in summer and winter garden which is possible to reach from the Palace through various bridges.
		We meet the tour leader to see Villa D’Estes gardens, Tivoli was chosen by the roman emperors as the ideal place to build villas for summer residences.
		Villa D'Este (today part of the UNESCO property) was constructed for the Cardinal Ippolito D'Este 1559 by Pirro Ligorio, the garden is built on a steep hill in terraces and the water is the part of main compositions
	www.italiantravel.it /food_wine/lazio_garden_tour.php (805 words)

	Farnese Palace in Rome
		The Farnese Palace of Rome owns the equilibrium of its structure to the original project of Antonio da Sangallo the Young, called by Paolo III in 1514 after Christ to conduct the works of the palace that nowadays the Romans familiarly call "il dado" ("the dice").
		A large part of the materials for to the ornaments were taken, as it was an habit at the time, from imperial palaces and in a particular way from the Villas of Tivoli, from the ruins of Ostia and, in town, from the Terms of Caracalla and from the temple of "Serapide sul Quirinale".
		The residence was occupied since the moment of its inauguration by the Farnese family, then given to the Bourbons of Spain and from the beginning of the 1910's it is the siege of the French Embassy in Italy.
	www.romaviva.com /Piazza-Navona/farnese_palace.htm (248 words)

	Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904)
		She sketches the history of the villas, most of which were built during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
		The Villa Farnese at Caprarola, dating from the late sixteenth century, with its "huge sylvan figures half emerging from their stone sheaths, seems "born, not built," a phrase used by the architectural historian Vasari.
		Italian Villas and Their Gardens is possibly the most scholarly and objective of Wharton's travel texts, with personal details about her travels, efforts to obtain permission to visit villas, and difficulties with Maxfield Parrish suppressed.
	guweb2.gonzaga.edu /faculty/campbell/wharton/disc/id18_m.htm (1582 words)

	Best Villas: Villa Badoer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Villa Badoer is an Italian mansion or Villa built in 1557 in the village of Fratta Polesine in the Po river valley by Andrea Palladio for Francesco Badoer of Venice.
		A large, high and imposing entry staircase ensued, leading majestically to the front door of the villa and ensuring respect from the visitor.
		Unlike other "winged" Palladian villas the wings here do not actually touch the villa, and they are set slightly in front of it.
	www.bestvillas.com /best-blogs/2006/03/villa-badoer.html (249 words)

	Villa Lante's miraculous and gentle balance between humanity and nature continues to inspire Architectural Review, The ...
		The Villa Lante, at Bagnaia some 40 miles north of Rome, was built (probably by Vignola) for Cardinal Gambara in the 1570s.
		Instead of dominating the landscape with a huge palace (as Vignola did at the nearby Villa Farnese), Gambara was prepared to divide his summer residence into two small casini (one finished for a successor by Maderno).
		All is calm and green, smelling of water, box and grass, enlivened by the gentle chatter and splash of the stream as it hurries from terrace to terrace.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1287_215/ai_n6073439 (230 words)

	Catena: Digital Archive of Historic Gardens + Landscapes
		One of these is wonderful: on its vaulted ceiling (for the building is vaulted throughout) you see the celestial sphere, with all the constellations; around it on the walls, the terrestrial globe, the regions and the whole world, everything painted very rightly directly on the wall itself.
		The persons are portrayed so true to life that where you see portrayed our Constable, or the Queen Mother, or her sons Charles, Henry, and the duke of Alencon, and the queen of Navarre, they are immediately recognized by those who have seen them; likewise King Francis, Henry II, Pietro Strozzi and others.
		Outside there are also many noteworthy and beautiful things, among others a grotto, which, spraying water artfully into a little lake, gives the appearance to the eye and the ear of the most natural rainfall.
	catena.bgc.bard.edu /texts/montaigne.htm (1429 words)

	Gardens of the Late Renaissance
		The Villa Giulia was the most important garden to be created in the area of Rome since 1527; it was begun in 1551 for Pope Julius III (1551-55) by Giocomo Vignola, Bartolomeo Ammanti, and Giorgio Vasari.
		This villa was strongly influenced by the Villa Madama's interpenetration of indoor and outdoor spaces.
		The Villa Lante is the ultimate expression of humanist ideas about garden design, but no garden has ever surpassed the Villa d'Este's display of fountains.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/garden_design/28330/2 (442 words)

	European Travel
		Constructed between AD 118 and 134, Villa Adriana was the largest and most sumptuous villa ever built in the Roman Empire.
		Hadrian travelled widely and was a keen architect, and parts of the villa were inspired by buildings he had seen around the world.
		The massive Pecile, through which you enter, was a reproduction of a building in Athens and the Canopus, on the far side of the site, is a copy of the sanctuary of Serapis near Alexandria, and the long canal of water, originally surrounded by Egyptian statues, reproducing the Nile.
	ww2.aaa.com /eurotourbook/Romeeas9.html (242 words)

	Villa Lante, Bagnaia \| Italy Heaven
		As is often the case in Italy, the term 'villa' is misleading, because it's really the garden for which the place is famous.
		The Villa Lante (not the only one in Italy) is named after the Lante della Rovere family, who owned the estate for three centuries until 1933.
		These two villas, one to each side of the gardens, have frescoed interiors which have been furnished in keeping with their era.
	www.italyheaven.co.uk /bagnaia.html (1299 words)

	The Farnese Circular Courtyard at Caprarola: God, Geopolitics, Genealogy, and Gender - Questia Online Library
		About thirty miles north of Rome, within the former state of Ronciglione, the Villa Farnese dominates the village of Caprarola, situated on a steep lava ridge just over the rim to the southeast of the volcanic crater forming the Lago di Vico (Figs.
		The villa and its decoration, therefore, offer a unique window through which to understand the beliefs and concerns of one of the most influential ecclesiastics in the Roman Church who enjoyed a fifty-four-year career as cardinal and vice chancellor.
		The Villa Farnese has the distinction of containing within its core the first completely finished circular courtyard in the history of architecture (Figs.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst;jsessionid=G78MDGLVjqKTZCXM9LZh19kjHTXwKvv3bQ7GDfHFngbnZX1ncnng!496220831?a=o&d=5001051020 (1261 words)

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