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Further refurbishments were added in the 19th century. The formal Italianate gardens also have architectural elements elaborated by the sculptor Bosio. It includes an outdoor theater used for performances by Vittorio Alfieri, who was a host at the house. The villa is used for weddings, meetings and events, there are also two rental suites on ...
Villa Fraccaroli, also called The Castle of Spirits, is a 19th-century villa in the town of Piovene Rocchette in the province of Vicenza, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. [1] It was initially commissioned by the Fraccaroli family for Paolina Carlotta Fraccaroli and her husband Francesco Dalla Negra who were landowners in the region.
Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, in the Albaro district. Villas have been one of the pillars of the social and economic history of Genoa.Since the 14th century, the villa became the symbol of the power of the aristocratic oligarchy and the wealthy merchant bourgeoisie, for whom it was the mirror of the city palace: outside the walls they conveyed the luxury and magnificence found in the city residences.
During the 19th and 20th century, the term "villa" became widespread for detached mansions in Europe. Special forms are for instance spa villas (Kurvillen in German) and seaside villas (Bädervillen in German), that became especially popular at the end of the 19th century. The tradition established back then continued throughout the 20th ...
The villa was built from 1599 to 1603 as summer house for the Genoese noblemen Stefano Balbi, ambassador to Milan, e Giovanni Battista Balbi. In In the 18th century it passed to Marcello III Durazzo and. at the beginning of the 19th century, the Durazzo family commissioned to the architect Emanuele Andrea Tagliafichi the enlargement and landscaping of the garden.
The Villa Farragiana a Meina is a 19th-century Neoclassical-style rural palace located on the shores of Lago Maggiore, between the towns of Meina and Arona in the Province of Novara, region of Piedmont, Italy. This villa differs from the Villa Faraggiana at Albissola Marina in the Province of Savona.
The villa was established by the Pignatelli family in the 17th century. According to local legend the property includes the house in which Torquato Tasso was born. [1] [2] [3] The Pignatelli family was replaced by the aristocratic family of the Principe of Strongoli in the 18th century.
Villa Fontanelle in 2007. Villa Fontanelle is a villa (sometimes called a palazzo) near Moltrasio on Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Milan.The four-storey yellow-painted building was built in the first half of the nineteenth century by the eccentric Lord Charles Currie, a visiting Englishman who fell in love with Lake Como.