Built between 1506 and 1510 for the papal banker Agostino Chigi, Villa Farnesina was a stunning, innovative architectural marvel of its time. Seated on the banks of the Tiber River, it features a ...

Villa Farnesina was built between 1508 and 1511 to a design by Baldassare Peruzzi as a pleasure palace and holiday home for the fabulously rich papal banker Ago ...

Villa Farnesina, a jewel of Renaissance architecture on the banks of the Tiber River, is best known for the frescoes by Raphael that decorate it. No-one knew of these newly discovered frescoes ...

Diagnostic investigations and research conducted in recent years at Villa Farnesina by the National Academy of Lincei have provided new elements to reconstruct the history of the Villa Farnesina ...

In 1735, Elisabetta Farnese bequeathed Farnesina to Carlo IV, King of the Two Sicilies, and the villa became the residence of an array of Neapolitan ambassadors. In 1861, a 99-year lease was ...

An unexpected discovery About a year ago, during some maintenance work inside Villa Farnesina, in Rome, an electrician made a discovery that left everyone speechless. While carrying out the necessary ...