Altitude 327 m (1,070 feet). 20,000 inhabitants
The
inhabitants of the nearby Tusculum settled here living in huts ("in
frascata")
Scuderie
Aldobrandini
Aldobrandini
Stables
Inaugurated
in 2000 after renovation to transform it into a museum designed by Massimiliano Fuksas (1944)
GROUND
FLOOR
Artifacts
from prehistory to the Middle Ages including "Fragment of head of
youth" of the late first century BC
FIRST FLOOR
Models of
villas around Frascati (Ville Tuscolane)
and statues "Braschi Dionysus", "Drunken Satyr" and
"Papposilenus restored as Hercules" all dating back to the second
century AD
Cattedrale
di S. Pietro
Cathedral
of St. Peter
1596/1636
maybe by Prospero De Rocchi for Clement VIII
Aldobrandini (1592/1605)
Consecrated
in 1680
FAÇADE
1698/1700 Girolamo Fontana (1668/1701) for Cardinal Carlo
Colonna and Innocent XII Pignatelli (1691/1700). Girolamo Fontana was nephew of
Carlo Fontana and architect of the Galleria Colonna in Rome
The towers
were built later
Bas-relief
above the main door "Christ rebukes St. Peter" 1704 by Bernardino Cametti (1669/1736)
Sandstone
statues in the niches of the façade 1697/1700
INTERIOR
dating back to the end of the sixteenth century fully restored after the
destructive bombing of the Allied Forces during World War Two
1st
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. ISIDORE
1753 Paolo Posi
(1708/76)
Relief
statue and "St. Isidore" by Pietro Pacilli (1716/after
1769)
Paintings
in the ovals on the sides "Martyrdom of St. Eurosia of Jacca" and
"S. Eurosia of Jacca" by Antonio Bicchierai (1688/1766)
2nd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF THE BANNER
"Wooden
Crucifix" of the twelfth century maybe from Tusculum which had been
destroyed in 1191
Statue
"St. John the Evangelist" by German school of
the seventeenth-century
3rd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF THE ROSARY
Marble
decoration in 1766 for Henry Stuart Duke of York
"Virgin
Mary of the Rosary" maybe by G.B. Salvi aka
Sassoferrato (1609/85)
MAIN ALTAR
Two bare
columns made of Egyptian porphyry
Relief
"The Delivery of the Keys" 1613 by Pompeo
Ferrucci (about 1566/1637)
TO THE LEFT
OF THE MAIN ALTAR - CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT
Formerly Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows from the
fresco "Our Lady of Sorrows" of the second half of the eighteenth
century by G.B. Dell'Era
"Prophets"
and "Stories of the Passion of Christ" second half of the nineteenth
century by Cesare Dies (1830/about 1910) who
belonged to the so called Purist school of artists
Geometrical
paintings by Annibale Angelini (1812/84)
3rd
- CHAPEL OF St. JOSEPH
"St.
Joseph and Child with Sts. Philip and James" patrons of the city by Mario Fenocchio
2nd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF BANNER
"Madonna
of the Banner" by artists of the Roman school
of the fourteenth century restored, according to
tradition, by Domenichino
1st
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. ANTHONY
"Virgin
Mary and Child with Sts. Flavia Domitilla, Augustine and
Monica" 1679 by Pietro Righelli
CHAPEL OF
THE HOLY SAVIOUR
"Salvator
Mundi" maybe originally of the fifteenth century
S.
Maria in Vivario
St.
Mary in the Fishery
Built
around the twelfth century on the remains of an ancient Roman villa, maybe belonging to Gaius Crispus Passinus,
near the Vivarium, the fishery of the
villa
BELL TOWER
built in 1305
Rebuilt and
enlarged in 1495 for Cardinal William of Estouville
Restored in
1765
Rebuilt in
1958 after the bombing of the Allied Forces during World War Two
CHAPEL OF Sts.
SEBASTIAN AND ROCH
1713/15 Michelangelo Ricciolini (1654/1715) and finished by
his son Nicolò Ricciolini (1687/1772) to
highlight the two frescoes of "St. Roch" and "St. Sebastian"
discovered in 1656 during the plague after the collapse of a wall
Other frescoes by Pietro
Gagliardi (1809/90)
SACRISTY
"Assumption
of the Virgin Mary" about 1740 by Filippo
Evangelisti (1684/1761)
Chiesa
del Gesù
Church
of Jesus
Built in
the years 1597/1610
Rebuilt in
the years 1691/96 for Olimpia Aldobrandini Pamphilj and completed by Gregorio Castrichini
FAÇADE
Erroneously
attributed to Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona, but actually the architect
is unknown
Paintings:
“Fake main dome, other fake dome on the presbytery, fake canopy, side altar
with architectural perspectives” and “Scenes of Jesus’ childhood” in the nave
1683/84 or 1699/1700 by Andrea Pozzo (1642/1709)
with his pupil Antonio Colli
TO THE LEFT
OF THE MAIN ALTAR – SMALL CHAPEL OF THE VIRGIN MARY OF REFUGIUM PECCATORUM
Two
frescoes "Presentation in the Temple" and "Adoration of the Shepherds"
by Tadeusz Kuntze aka Taddeo il Polacco (1732/93)
Convento dei Cappuccini
Capuchin monastery
Outside Frascati on the Via Tuscolana
1573/75 by
an unknown architect for Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572/85)
On the
walls "Four Evangelists Standing" by Cesare
Nebbia (1536/1614)
MAIN ALTAR
"Crucifix
between Sts. Francis and Anthony of Padua" and left altar "St.
Francis Receiving the Stigmata" about 1578 by Girolamo
Muziano (1532/92)
Villa Aldobrandini
Aldobrandini Villa
1598/1602 Giacomo
Della Porta (1533/1602) over a pre-existing building in 1550
Continued in 1604 by Carlo
Maderno (1556/1629) and Giovanni Fontana (1540/1614),
brother of Domenico Fontana, for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini nephew of Clement
VIII Aldobrandini (1592/1605)
MONUMENTAL ENTRANCE
Francesco Carlo Bizzaccheri (1655/1721)
It is still
owned today by Prince Aldobrandini
Paintings
by Taddeo Zuccari (1529/66) and his younger
brother Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609),
Giuseppe Cesari aka Cavalier d'Arpino (1568/1640),
Domenico Crespi aka Passignano (1559/1638) and school of Domenico Zampieri aka Domenichino (1581/1641)
Four
sculptures "Four Seasons" by Pietro Bernini (1562/1629)
and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680) discovered
in the garden by the art historian Federico Zeri
In the
grand hall "Bust in bronze of Clement VIII Aldobrandini" by Taddeo Landini (about 1550/96)
PARK
Terraces,
caves, statues and fountains
In front of
the rear façade of the palace "Theatre of the waters" by Carlo Maderno
The Villa
Aldobrandini is the most important and famous of the TEN “TUSCOLANE” VILLAS
Six are in the territory of Frascati:
Aldobrandini, Falconieri, Sora, Torlonia, Lancellotti, Tuscolana
Two in the territory of Grottaferrata:
Grazioli, Muti
Two in the territory of Monte Porzio Catone:
Mondragone, Parisi
Villa Mondragone
Mondragone Villa
1573/75 Martino Longhi the Elder (1534/91) for Cardinal Marco
Altemps on the ruins of a Roman villa which maybe belonged to the Quintili family
It was
called Mondragone (Mountain of the Dragon) for its dominance over the
surroundings and for the dragons in the emblem of the frequent guest of the
villa, Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572/85)
In 1613 it
was bought by Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli (1577/1633), nephew of Paul
V Borghese (1605/21) who had it enlarged by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni Vasanzio (1550/1621) and Giovanni Rainaldi
FAÇADE
Flaminio
Ponzio (1560/1613)
On the
terrace "Fountain" by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni
Vasanzio
In the
SALONE DEGLI SVIZZERI (Hall of the Swiss) on February 13, 1582 Gregory XIII
sanctioned with his Bull Inter Gravissimas
the reform of the calendar establishing the new Gregorian
Calendar
In 1611 it
was chosen by Galileo Galilei as a visual reference to be observed from the
Janiculum Hill during a major demonstration of the telescope that enabled him
to become part of the Accademia deiLincei
In 1800 it
became a Jesuit College
In 1932
Guglielmo Marconi performed here some experiments of radio transmission
Since 1981 it
is owned by the University of Rome Tor Vergata
Villa
Falconieri
Falconieri
Villa
It includes
the remains of an ancient Roman villa
Originally
known as VILLA RUFINA as it was built
during the years 1545/48 maybe by Giovanni Lippi aka Nanni
di Baccio Bigio (about 1513/68) or Antonio Cordini aka Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1483/1546) for
Monsignor Alessandro Rufini
Rebuilt in 1667 by Francesco
Borromini (1599/1667) for Paolo Francesco Falconieri
Renovated
in the years 1720/35 by Ferdinando Fuga (1699/1782)
who lived here in order to direct works
It is owned
by the Italian state since the end of World War One
Now it is
home to INVALSI, the national institute for the evaluation of education and
training system
ENTRANCE
HALL
"Homage
to Venus" by Niccolò Berrettoni (1637/82)
ROOM OF THE
RAILING
Remains a
the cycle of frescoes painted in the sixteenth century by Pietro Bonaccorsi aka
Perin del Vaga (1501/47) and assistants
CENTRAL
HALL
"Parts
of the world and members of the Falconieri family” maybe by Ciro Ferri (1634/89)
ROOM OF THE
BIRTH OF VENUS
"Birth
of Venus" by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713)
helped by his pupil Giacinto Calandrucci (1646/1707)
ROOM OF PROSERPINA
"Rape
of Proserpina" by Ciro Ferri
Frescoes on
the walls "Caricature and self-portrait" in 1727 by Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674/1755)
"His
quality of witty observer of Roman society was evident in this series of
caricatures that anticipate a genre of artistical expression popular during the
period of the European
Enlightenment" (Carlo Bertelli, Giuliano Briganti, Antonio Giuliano)
Villa
Lancellotti
Lancellotti
Villa
It was built
on the area which once belonged to the Roman politician Lucullus (118/57 BC)
S. Filippo Neri
(1515/95) - known as St. Philip Neri in English - in 1578 rented a small
building in this area for the sick Oratoriani
(members of his congregation) and commissioned the building of a larger one in
the years 1582/87 extended until 1595. The Congregation of the Oratory had been
founded in 1575
It was
almost immediately sold by the Congregation, burdened by financial problems,
and it had many owners, including the Piccolomini family
It was
purchased in 1866 by the Lancellotti family and they had it restored after the
bombings of World War Two
LARGE PARK
WITH LOGGIA AND NINFEO
1617/19, a
smaller scale imitation of the park of Villa Aldobrandini
It is currently
owned by the Collegio of Propaganda Fide
ROOMS ON
THE GROUND FLOOR
Vaults with
biblical themes and allegorical emblems about 1606 by Cherubino
Alberti (1553/1615)
LARGE HALL
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
Vault 1873
"Various characters of the Massimo Lancellotti family" by Annibale Angelini (1812/84) and Domenichino Forti
Statues and
mosaics from Tusculum
Villa
Tuscolana
Tuscolana
Villa
It was
built during the sixteenth century on the area of the ancient "Tusculanum"
villa owned by Cicero
It was
called VILLA RUFINELLA when it became
the property of Monsignor Alessandro Rufini to distinguish it from the other
villa in his property, Villa Rufina, later known as Villa Falconieri
It
eventually belonged to the Jesuits. They had the main building rebuilt in 1741
by Luigi Vanvitelli (1700/73)
It was restored
in 1966 after the damages of War World Two and transformed into the Grand Hotel Villa Tuscolana
It is the
most panoramic of the villas around Frascati
Villa Grazioli
Completed in 1580 for Cardinal Antonio Carafa
Formerly
known as VILLA MONTALTO
In 1843 it
was bought by the Duke Pio Grazioli
It had many
owners and now is the Park Hotel Villa
Grazioli
Frescoes
painted in 1590 by Federico Zuccari (about
1542/1609) and Cesare Nebbia (1536/1614) for
Cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva
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