Villa Farnesina was built between 1508 and 1511 to a design by Baldassare Peruzzi as a pleasure palace and holiday home for the rich. Museums | Art and design; Saturday 17 February 2018.

Villa Farnesina, This elegant villa in Trastevere was the home of the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, who was also the treasurer of Pope Julius II. Chigi was one of the richest men in Rome, which ...

Villa Farnesina, a jewel of Renaissance architecture on the banks of the Tiber River, is best known for the frescoes by Raphael that decorate it. No-one knew of these newly discovered frescoes ...

Asolo, Italy, as I discovered with my wife, Rosalie, during a weeklong visit in early July, is a small, heavenly Italian hill town (population, 1,500). It perches above wooded slopes on the edge ...