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The Gulf of Naples was a particular locus of the development of Roman villas from roughly 50 BCE to 200 CE, where they were built as retreats and status symbols by senators and the like. [4] Of the many villas of this era discovered in Boscoreale , Naples, buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also buried Pompeii , one now visible is ...
Villa Il Palagio is a villa and farm estate in Figline Valdarno, in the province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. The estate has belonged to the musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler since the late 1990s.
Villa Farnese, Caprarola: The gardens of the villa are as impressive as the building itself, a significant example of the Italian Renaissance garden period. 1. Italy: Villa Adriana, Tivoli: The remains of the garden set out for Roman Emperor Hadrian around his palace. 1. Italy: Villa d'Este, Tivoli: A spectacular Renaissance garden with many ...
By 1604, King Philip III of Spain was the ruler of Naples, and a revival of Villa Poggio Reale was started by his viceroy Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera, who also decided to beautify the approach to the royal villa with an avenue of trees and fountains. [14] (Parrino published a drawing of the planned avenue in 1718.)
After the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici in 1737, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Medici's assets, including their villas, were acquired by Francis, Duke of Lorraine (later Holy Roman Emperor). Francis only visited Tuscany once in 1739 and for the next twenty six years the villas were neglected.
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Tuscany has created a €2.8 million ($3 million) fund to buy and renovate homes in towns with less than 5,000 residents to bolster the rural population in its mountainous municipalities.
The villa maintains the gardens in front of the building, and houses a coach museum and a collection of French and English vehicles from the 18th and 19th centuries. [ 2 ] In 1975, the Principe Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortés Museum and the Carriage Museum located in the northern part of the garden were inaugurated.