Villa Aldobrandini / Porta, Giacomo della

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Title: Villa Aldobrandini
Date: begun 1603 (creation)
Creator: Porta, Giacomo della - ca. 1532-ca. 1604; Maderno, Carlo - ca. 1556 - 1629
City/Site: Frascati; Lazio; Italy
Worktype: buildings; dwellings; houses; country houses; villas
Image Description: Grotto, general view from the west side (known as the water theater or nymphaeum, the semicircular retaining wall contains grottos with statuary and fountains. On either side of the nymphaeum are cool shady rooms which once contained water marvels)
Descriptors: grotto; nymphaeum; water theater
Credit Line: Archivision, Inc.; © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.; 2A2-I-FR-VA-G1

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Collection: Archivision Architecture Images
Image Size: 3059 x 2010
File Size: 818 KB
Record: 2A2-I-FR-VA-G1
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Full citation: "Villa Aldobrandini; Porta, Giacomo della." In the digital collection Archivision Architecture Images. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/archivision2ic/x-2a2-i-fr-va-g1/2a2-i-fr-va-g1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.