Name
Villa Torlonia
Construction's age
1563
Location
Via Annibal Caro - P.le Marconi
Visits
it is possible to visit only the gardens
Accessibility
villa Torlonia is near P.le G. Marconi, where there
is a parking area and the bus stop
Accessibility for Handicapped
accessible only in some parts and with somebody's
help
Tourist signs
with tourist information
Guidebooks
Guides and booklets on the town's monuments
can be taken at the Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno e Turismo
del Tuscolo, P. le G. Marconi, phone number 06 9420331
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This Villa was built
by Annibal Caro, a writer who in this place translated the Aeneid.
It was then widened at the end of the 16th century and completely
rearranged according to the wish of the Borghese Family at the
beginning of the 1600. The architects involved in its rearrangement
were: F. Ponzo, G. Fontana and C. Maderno. The latter completed
the horizontal structure of the Teatro delle acque (fountains
with choreographic jets of water) in 1621-1623, when the villa
belonged to the Ludovisi. In 1841 the owner of the Villa was the
Torlonia Family. At present its gardens are a public park, while
the villa, destroyed by the bombardments, was completely transformed
as well as its form and its use are concerned.
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