Interior view - VIGNOLA, Giacomo da - WGA
Interior view by VIGNOLA, Giacomo da
Interior view by VIGNOLA, Giacomo da

Interior view

by VIGNOLA, Giacomo da, Photo

The Villa Giulia was built in 1551 at the request of Pope Julius III (1550-1555) who called on three eminent architects: Vasari, Vignola and Ammanati. The villa has a first inner courtyard with a semicircular portico whose vault is frescoed. The wall paintings imitate an arbour full of vine shoots, roses and jasmine.

In 1552, Bartolomeo Ammanati created a second space with a loggia with a horseshoe staircase, a nymphaeum with rock gardens, false caves and caryatids, all decorated with Roman sculptures.

The photo shows the first (entrance) courtyard.

View the ground plan of the Villa Giulia, Rome.

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