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Villa Torlonia

Villa Torlonia, the most recent of the villas belonging to Rome’s nobility, still retains a particular fascination due to the originality of its English-style garden (one of the few examples in the city), and to the unexpectedly large number of buildings and garden furniture in the grounds.

The history of the Villa
When Giovanni Torlonia inherited the title of Marchese in 1797, to confirm his

Casino Nobile or Palace

In 1796 Giovanni Torlonia purchased the Vigna Colonna, situated on the Via Nomentana, and commissioned Giuseppe Valadier to render the buildings and park more imposing.
Between 1802 and 1806 Valadier worked on the rebuilding and enlargement of the Casino Nobile, incorporating the old structure and adding to it with foreparts, porticoes and spacious terraces.

The Casina delle Civette

The Casina delle Civette (House of the Owls), which was the residence of Prince Giovanni Torlania the younger until his death in 1938, is the result of a series of transformations and additions to the nineteenth century “Swiss Cabin”, which, positioned at the edge of the park and hidden by an artificial hillock, was originally intended as a refuge from the formality of the main residence.

The Casino dei Principi (The House of the Princes)

The House of the Princes took on its current neo-sixteenth century aspect, rich in internal and external decoration, following the redevelopment by Giovan Battista Caretti, between 1835 and 1840, as the wish of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886).
The initial nucleus of the House was a modest rural building of the Abbey vineyards, which had been present in the area for at least a century.

21/03 - 17/06/2012
Villa Strohl-Fern Artists.
Villa Strohl-Fern: a place for art and meetings in Rome between 1880 and 1956
Casino dei Principi
Exhibitions

The exhibition, sponsored by the Associazione Amici di Villa Strohl-Fern, pays tribute to the patronage exercised by Alfred W. Strohl-Fern who hosted in his Villa, founded in 1879 in the Villa Borghese park, several Italian and foreign artists for a period of about eighty years.

21/03 - 17/06/2012
School visit to the exhibition "Villa Strohl-Fern Artists"
Casino dei Principi
School visits

School visit to the exhibition "Villa Strohl-Fern Artists" at Casino dei Principi

01/01 - 30/06/2012
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: Le origini e l'ascesa della famiglia Torlonia
Casino Nobile
School visits

Visita didattica per le scuole.

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Exhibitions and events

Calendar

Current

Il paesaggio in trasparenza. Arte e Botanica nella Casina delle Civette
Casina delle Civette
12 - 31 May 2012
Exhibition
Dandy's corner
L’angolo del dandy
Casina delle Civette
4 April - 17 June 2012
Exhibition
Villa Strohl-Fern Artists.
Villa Strohl-Fern: a place for art and meetings in Rome between 1880 and 1956
Casino dei Principi
21 March - 17 June 2012
Exhibition

Planned

Contrast / Fusione Flamenca
Casino Nobile
19 May 2012
Event
La notte del dandy
Casina delle Civette
19 May 2012
Event
L’economia del dandy. Anna Maria Ortese, il conte Pasquale Prunas e l’avventura della rivista SUD
Casina delle Civette
23 May 2012
Event
Renzo Vespignani
Casino dei Principi
29 June - 31 October 2012
Exhibition

Educational events

Current

School visit to the exhibition "Villa Strohl-Fern Artists"
Casino dei Principi
21 March - 17 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Musei di Villa Torlonia - Itinerario generale al Casino Nobile
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casina delle Civette. Intinerario generale: La residenza del Principe Giovanni Torlonia Junior
Casina delle Civette
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: Il Museo racconta una famiglia: I Torlonia tra storia, collezionismo e mondanità
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: Le origini e l'ascesa della famiglia Torlonia
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: La terza generazione della famiglia Torlonia
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: Il Museo della scuola Romana
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits
Visita didattica per le scuole. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia - Approfondimenti: La collezione Ingrao-Guina
Casino Nobile
1 January - 30 June 2012
School visits

Multimedia

Casina delle Civette
Diana Gabina
Vetrata con Rondini
Pavimento con Satiro Danzante
Sala da Ballo
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Musei di Villa Torlonia
Pasquarosa
Casina delle Civette
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