Via Virginio Orsini 25/Piazza della LibertÃ
1902 Garibaldi Burba (active 1903/18)
Majolica by
Galileo Chini (1873/1956), frescoes by Silvio Galimberti (1869/1956), works in iron by Alessandro Mazzucotelli (1865/1938)
Galileo
Chini in 1911 decorated the throne room in the Grand Palace in Bangkok and in
1920 devised the sets for the premieres of the operas Gianni Schicchi and Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini who was a friend of his. He is considered the first artist
to have introduced Art Nouveau style in
Italy
Together
with the Villino Ximenes it is considered the most beautiful Art Nouveau villa
in Rome
"Garibaldi
Burba quoted the Middle Ages and the fifteenth century, having fun composing
freely shapes and volumes. Exceptional quality of the decorations" (Irene
de Guttry)
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