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
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 Müller, built in 1928-1930, was constructed for František Müller, co-owner of the Kapsa-Müller construction company, by one the greatest architects of the ... read more
Villa Museo Giacomo Puccini, an elegant lakeside villa still owned by a family member today, is dedicated to the life & work of Puccini. He wrote here most of his ... read more
Villa Mondriaan is the former family home of the renowned artists Piet Mondriaan (1872 – 1944), where he lived from the age of eight until twenty. The museum is ... 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 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 & 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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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 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
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 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