Via Ugo De Carolis/Via Mario
Fascetti - Balduina - Destroyed
About 1630/36 by Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona (1597/1669) for Cardinal Giulio
Sacchetti or the Marquis Marcello Sacchetti. The dating is approximate
It was also
known as VILLA SACCHETTI
It was
decorated with frescoes depicting "Stories of David" by Pietro da Cortona himself
Since the
eighteenth century it fell into disrepair and it was abandoned in 1747 by the Sacchetti
family
"Even
if small in size and inspired by various sources, the building was a milestone
in the development of the concept of the Baroque style villa. The magnificent
line, the grand staircases built with terraces, in order to emphasize the
central dominant element and especially the projecting and rejecting curves that
bind together stairs, terrace and building - everything was taken up and
further developed by the following generations of architects" (Rudolf
Wittkower)
Montesquieu,
in his book Italian Journey,
justified the abandonment with "the bad air coming from a valley
below"
Probably
the cause of the destruction was due to an aquifer under the building and the
lack of money to continue the necessary restoration
In the
early nineteenth century the villa was reduced to ruins covered with abundant
vegetation
In 1859 the
Sacchetti family sold the property to Alessandro Torlonia who finally demolished
what was left of the main building
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