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Italian villas and their gardens (1904)

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 149

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ventions, let the student turn from the Villa Mediciand the Orti Farnesiani to a third type of villa createdat the same time—the Casino of Pope Pius IV in theVatican gardens, built inTsSo by tlieTJeapolitan archi-tect Pirro Ligorio. This exquisite little garden-house lies in a hollow ofthe outer… … VILLA MEDICI, ROME ROMAN VILLAS space thus cleared the villa is built, some ten or fifteenfeet away from the wall, so that its ground floor is cooland shaded without being damp. The building, whichis long and narrow, runs lengthwise into the cut, itslong fagades being treated as sides, while it…

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