Villa Lante has become famous for its Renaissance Mannerist garden, made for Cardinal Gambara (1533–1587). The garden contains cascades, fountains and dripping ... read more
Villa Malfitano Whitaker is a 19th-century palace and a museum for the artwork, natural history and archeologic collections, of the Sicilian-English artist and ... read more
Villa Manin was built for the Manin family in the 17th century, but has been modified several times, as has been its 19 ha garden. Today the furnished villa is a museum, ... read more
Villa Mansi dates back to the 16the century and was acquired by the Mansi family in 1675, which owns it still today. The villa was considerably transformed in the 18th ... read more
Villa Marigola, dating back to the 18th century and built for the Marquis Ollandini, is now property of the Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia and a center for cultural ... read more
Villa Medici & Garden at Poggio a Caiano, were built for Lorenzo di Midici in 1485 and designed by Giuliano de Sangallo (1445-1516) an architect, sculptor and ... read more
Villa Medici La Petraia was built for Cosimo I de Medici, who has acquired it in 1544. He gave it in 1568 to his son Cardinal Ferdinando (1549 – 1609), who changed ... read more
Villa Medici was built for Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549 – 1609) and houses since 1803 the Académie Française in Rome. It has a ... read more
Villa Medici, Castello, was the preferred country residence of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574), who lived here in his childhood. The gardens became ... read more
Villa Medici, Fiesole, was built between 1451 and 1457 for Giovanni de Medici, and most probably designed by Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472), the Renaissance ... read more
Villa Melzi was built, neo-classical style, between 1808 and 1810 for Francesco Melzi d’Eril, count of Lodi and Vice president of the First Italian Republic in the ... read more
Villa Molin is a patrician residence, commissioned by Nicolò Molin (1562-1608), Venetian ambassador to Florence and to James I of England from 1603-1606. The architect ... read more
Villa Monastero, today a museum and conference centre, was constructed on the site of a Cistercensian monastery in the 16th century, for the Mornocco family. The present ... read more
Villa Mondragone, a former ecclesial property, was constructed for Cardinal Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps (1533-1595), and later used by the Borghese Cardinal ... read more
Villa Noailles is an Art Deco villa, built between 1923 and 1927, for the art patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles. The architect was Robert Mallet-Stevens. The ... read more
Villa Oliva dates back to the 15th century and has been restored in the 20th century by the Oliva family. It is surrounded by a beautiful park on three levels its ... read more
Villa Ormond was built in the late 19th century as a "Maison de Plaisance" for the Swiss businessman Ormond. The architect was Emile Réverdin, and the villa is ... read more
Villa Palagonia is a Sicilian Baroque villa, built from 1715. Its garden is famous for the statues of monsters. Since 1885 the villa is owned and inhabited by the ... read more
Villa Pennisi was built in the 19th century as the 'Grand Hotel de Bains', surrounded by beautiful Mediterranean gardens. The spa was sold, early 50s, but the ... read more
Villa Pisani, today housing the National Museum, contains 18th and 19th century works of art and furniture, and on the ceiling of the ballroom Gianbattista Tiepolo’s ... read more
