Villa Tuscolana - Frascati
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Villa Tuscolana, also known as “Rufinella”, because the original nucleus was built by a monsignor Rufini, is gracefully couched on mount Tuscolo and gifts visitors with an enchanting view of the nearby countryside.
Its history, in the years following its construction, is dotted with numerous changes of ownership which see it fall into the hands of the Aldobrandini family in the 17th C. and of the Jesuits in the 18th C.
To this period dates its architectural transformation into the “T” shape, owed to the genius of Luigi Vanvitelli, and the archaeological excavations from which it was established that right here Marcus Tullius Cicero had built his home known as “Tuscolanum”, which is how the villa got its name.
In 1966 the villa was purchased by the Salesian order that refurbished it following the damage it had suffered during the 2nd World War.
Now the villa has been converted into an elegant hotel and congress centre.
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