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Stunning staircases, fantastic frescoes, and lush gardens grace this luxurious 16th-century mansion.
The extraordinary Villa Farnese is one of the most impressive examples of 16th-century architecture in Lazio. It’s nestled within the slopes of the forested Cimini Mountains, near Vico Lake. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, from the powerful Farnese family, initiated the project in 1504. He later became Pope Paul III and employed two of the age’s greatest architects: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Baldassare Peruzzi. The Pope’s grandson, Alessandro Farnese, also a cardinal, commissioned the construction of the site in the second half of the 16th century to Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola.
