Villa Torlonia - Frascati
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This park, which is just a short way outside Frascati, was originally a small farmstead where the scholar Annibal Caro built a small villa called “caravilla” where he translated the Aeneid.
When cardinal Scipione Borghese bought the building, he called in the famed architects Giovanni Fontana, Carlo Maderno and Flaminio Ponzio to build new fountains and an aqueduct.
This led to the creation of the villa’s “water theatre”.
In 1841 the Torlonia’s became the last owners of the villa, which was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
In 1945 the garden with its wonderful “water theatre” became a public park from where one can enjoy a wonderful view of Rome and during the warm months attend many artistic and cultural events.
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