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The Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. It is still owned and lived in by the Aldobrandini family, and known as Belvedere for its location overlooking the valley toward the city of Rome. It is the only grand Papal garden not owned by the state. [clarification needed]
Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo della Porta and Carlo Maderno, 1598-1603. Landscape: Giacomo della Porta and Carlo Maderno, 1598-1603. Associated Name: Pietro Aldobrandini. Other: Also known as the Villa Belvedere. Today: Public site. The wall and gate is by the architect Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri, 1693. On slide: Yellow-gold star ...
Coat of arms. The front of the palace can be traced back to the 1830s, with a large shield on the door with the coat of arms of the Famiglia Borghese (truncated in the 1st gold, to the eagle with unfolded flight of black, crowned of the field, in the 2nd azure, to the dragon of gold), supported by two eagles and surmounted by a wrought-iron princely crown.
Gardens of the Villa Aldobrandini (1598). The Italian Renaissance garden was a new style of garden which emerged in the late 15th century at villas in Rome and Florence, inspired by classical ideals of order and beauty, and intended for the pleasure of the view of the garden and the landscape beyond, for contemplation, and for the enjoyment of the sights, sounds and smells of the garden itself.
Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy, property of Aldobrandini family. Also known as Belvedere for its charming location overlooking the whole valley up to Rome, it was built on the order of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, Pope Clement VIII's nephew over a pre-existing edifice built by the Vatican prelate Alessandro Rufini in 1550.
Print of Matteo Greuter (1620).. Frascati (pronounced [fraˈskaːti]) is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in the Lazio region of central Italy.It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum.