Villa Bardini (ancient Villa Manadora) dates back to the 1600s, and is an exhibition center and home to the Capucci Museum and the Annigoni Museum. It is surrounded ... read more
Villa Bertramka is a house-museum, dedicated to Mozart. At the time of Mozart the Villa was owned by Frantisek and Josefina Dusek. However, there are very few indications ... read more
The villa Breidablikk, built in 1881, was commissioned by Lars Berentsen, a leading merchant and ship owner in Stavanger. Breidablikk gives a good idea about the local ... read more
Villa Carlotta, now a museum, was built in 1745 by Marquis Clerici. The villa, beautifully decorated, contains important 19th century art works, and is surrounded by ... read more
Villa Crock was the residence of the famous Swiss clown Adrien Wettach (1880-1959). The design of the villa and its garden were very much inspired by its owner, who was ... read more
Villa d'Este, Tivoli, dates from the 16th century, and is in particular famous for its Renaissance garden and its fountains. Today the villa, property of the ... read more
Villa Durazzo Pallavicini is a villa, now housing Museo di Archeologia Ligure, surrounded by a 19th century park and a small botanic garden. read more
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is the incomparable landmark of elegance created by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild. The Villa-Museum and gardens are open to the public with ... read more
The Villa Farnesina is a beautiful Renaissance villa, famous for its frescoes by Rafael, Sebastiano del Plombo, Giulio Romana, Il Sodoma...It was built between 1506 ... read more
Villa Foscarini Rossi, dating back 1602, was originally built for the Venetian admiral Jacopo Foscarini. Today the Villa itself houses the Museo della Calzatura (Shoe ... read more
Villa Fracanzan Piovene has been, since 1316, only in the hands of three families, the Fracanzan, the Orgian and the Piovene family. Today the monumental Baroque Villa, ... read more
Villa Ghirlanda Silva, in its current construction, dates back to 1660. Today it is used by the municipality and houses a Museum for Contemporary Photography, MUFOCO, in ... read more
Villa Giulia, in Mannerist style, was built in 1551-1553, for the highly cultivated art collector Pope Julius III. The main building was designed by da Vignola, but the ... read more
The Villa il Gioiello, or Villa Galileo, is the home where the great scientist spent the last part of his life, from 1631 until his death in 1642, confined to house ... read more
The Villa La Quiete is a blueprint of the history of the Medici House, devotion and female education, featuring artistic treasures of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ... 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 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 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
