Villa Aldobrandini
Park · Monti, Italy
A hanging garden held inside retaining walls, entered from via Mazzarino by a steep stair.
History
Roma Capitale records that Monsignor Giulio Vitelli bought a vineyard at Monte Magnanapoli in 1566 and that Carlo Lambardi restored the property; that it was sold to Clement VIII in 1600 and given the following year to his nephew Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini; and that Giacomo Della Porta added the stairs, the loggias and a continuous garden facade. The art collection had been left to the cardinal in 1598 by Lucrezia d'Este. The opening of via Nazionale after 1870 drastically cut the grounds.
Visit
Via Mazzarino, Roma RM
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