Interior of Palace

Villa Lante

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March 10th 2006
The Villa Lante consists of two separate palaces commissioned by two cardinals and designed by architect Il Vignola. More impressive than the buildings are the elaborate gardens that envelope them. Unfortunately for us the most spectacular feature of the gardens, the water, merely dribbled from the exotic fountains. ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more