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It was consciously considered to rival the villas descriptions of Antiquity, such as Pliny's popular description of his own. This villa was among the first of the restored Roman suburban type villas designed for entertainment and parties built in the sixteenth century Rome.

After the death of Margaret, the villa passed on to the Farnese family Piacenza and Piacenza, who gradually let it fall into ruin. She married Pope Paul III nephew, Ottavio Farnese, and was widowed again. After Clement VII death, the villa remained the property of Medici, which first belonged to Ippolito de' Medici (Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici's son), and later to the Lord of Florence (Duke Alessandro), who married Archduchess Margaret of Austria, but was left a widow when she was 15 years old. Margaret of Austria was a Madama of its name. The Italian European Union Presidency hosted a dinner here for all Presidents and Speakers of European Union national parliaments on 20 April 2015. Entrance is restricted and touring of gardens needs prior permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The villa is owned by the Italian Government it uses Villa Madama for press conferences and international guests. While parts of the villa were rebuilt, it was never completed. After Alessandro de' Medici's illegitimate son (Giulio Alessandro de' Medici) became the 2nd Medici pope, as Pope Clement VII in the year 1523, work continued in 1524 to 1525 but stopped again in the year 1527 during the military event called the Sack of Rome.The villa suffered damage during this time. Finally, both Baccio Bandinelli from Florence and Giovan Francesco ('il Fattore') also worked there.Īpart from the Raphael loggia, this villa's greatest artistic component is the Giulio Romano's salone, with its beautiful vaulted ceiling. Giovanni da Udine finished the stucco bas-reliefs, which was imitating work that was found in Nero's Domus Aurea, which was recently rediscovered. The decorations are by Baldassare Peruzzi and Giulio Romano. The person responsible for which design still remains unclear. Antonio da San Gallo produced the final plans of the Villa he supervised the actual construction as well. However, without Raphael present to smooth over disagreements, they always quarrelled.

The construction began in the year 1518 and was passed on to Raphael's disciples, who were one of the most ingenious teams ever constructed a site. In 1520, Raphael died when he was 37 years old at this time, work at this villa was far from being completed. The reigning pontiff (Leo X) cousin, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici commissioned the original design of Villa Madama from Raphael.

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The building, a Rococo-style town house originally built by Nicolai Eigtved for tobacco manufacturer Ole Høgilds, was subject to Schalburgtage on the night between 7 and 8 June 1944 and never rebuilt.Even though it is incomplete, the villa together with its loggia plus segmented columned garden court as well as its casino with the terraced gardens and an open centre, was very influential for subsequent High Renaissance architects. The association had been based in a building in Amaliegade (No. The Plessen Mansion was acquired by the Danish Medical Association after the end of World War II. a writer and photographer, was born in the house and grew up there in the 1920s and 1930s. Their daughter, Baroness Varvara Hasselbalch. When Louise de Plessen and Erik Hasselbalch were married, they took over the first floor. With its 97 rooms, the house om Kritianiagade was too big for the Plessen family and the ground floor was therefore rented out to members of the foreign diplomatic corps. The Plessen family had previously owned an 18th century, Batoque-style town mansion at Frederiksholms Kanal but it had been converted into two Late Classical apartment buildings at Frederiksholms Kanal 16-18 in 1852-52. It was designed by Gotfred Tvede and became the last aristocratic town mansion built in Copenhagen. The Plessen Mansion was built for the retired diplomat Joseph von Plessen in 1901-06.

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