1903/05 Otto Maraini (1863/1944), Swiss architect from the
Republic and Canton of Ticino, brother of Emilio Maraini, industrialist from Lugano
known for having introduced with great success in Italy the production of sugar
from beet
The house
was donated in 1946 by the widow of Maraini, Carolina Maraini Sommaruga, to the
Swiss Confederation
It is the headquarters
of the Swiss Institute in Rome (ISR), private foundation created by the Swiss
Confederation in 1947 with the task of promoting scientific exchange and
artistic between Switzerland and Italy
It stands
on an artificial hill formed by debris from the excavation works of the Villa
Ludovisi and it is topped by a Belvedere Tower
The area
was part of the destroyed Villa Ludovisi
The
building goes back to the tradition of Roman villas. The decorations consist of
originals and copies of ancient sculptures, as well as fragments of sculptures
and other artifacts found here
MAIN HALL
Fresco by Giovanni Capranesi (1852/1921) who painted with
Domenico De Angelis in South America in the opera houses of Manaus and Belem in
Brazil and in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires in Argentina
LIBRARY
Specializing
in classical humanities. There are about 30,000 volumes and about 10,000
magazines
LARGE
OUTBUILDING
It was originally
built for the employees
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