Villa Torlonia
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Villa Torlonia is the name applied to several country retreats of the Torlonia
princely family in the outskirts of the city of Rome
, in Frascati
, Lazio, including:
Torlonia
200px|thumb|Coat of arms of the House of Torlonia.The princes Torlonia are an Italian noble family from Rome, who acquired a huge fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries through administering the finances of the Vatican.-History:...
princely family in the outskirts of the city of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, in Frascati
Frascati
Frascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
, Lazio, including:
- Villa Torlonia (Frascati)Villa Torlonia (Frascati)The Villa Torlonia in Frascati is a villa belonging to the Torlonia family in Frascati, Italy.The land on which the villa was built originally belonged to the Abbey of Grottaferrata, which donated it in 1563 to Annibal Caro, who commissioned a small villa where he spent the last years of his life,...
- Villa Torlonia, San Mauro PascoliSan Mauro PascoliSan Mauro Pascoli is a comune in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 100 km southeast of Bologna and about 35 km southeast of Forlì...
- in Rome:
- Villa Albani-Torlonia with its entrance in the via Salaria, better known by its former name, the Villa Albani
- Villa Torlonia (Rome)Villa Torlonia (Rome)Villa Torlonia is a villa and surrounding gardens in Rome, Italy, formerly belonging to the Torlonia family. It is entered from via Nomentana....
- another Villa Torlonia, Rome, in Porta PiaPorta PiaPorta Pia is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Situated at the end of a new street, the Via Pia, it was designed by Michelangelo in replacement for the Porta Nomentana situated several hundred meters...
, also known as Villa Bracciano, now the place of the British Embassy.