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This
large building located in the Torlonia park has
ancient origins and has been transformed many times
over the course of time: the first conversion took place
in 1797 when the grounds were bought by Giovanni Torlonia,
a rich banker of French origin who, upon acquiring
a noble title, commissioned Joseph Valadier to rebuild
the Casino (lodge) along more grandiose
and elegant lines.
When
the Villa was inherited by Alessandro,
Giovanni Torlonia's favorite son, it was enhanced
with the addition of new buildings in different styles,
and the park was turned into a verdant Englishstyle
garden containing several species of exotic plants.
It was
in this period, between 1835 and 1845, that the Casino
Nobile was transformed into a luxurious villa,
where parties and society events took
place and serried ranks of artists executed decorations
in fresco, tempera, stucco and false marble under the
direction of architect-painter Giovan Battista Caretti,
himself the author of grotesques in Gothic or Pompeian
styles.
The
rooms were decorated with precious furniture
and ennobled with marble statues and mosaic
floors inspired by classical models.
Caretti
was also responsible for the new alignment of the facade
of the Casino Nobile on Via Nomentana and the
execution of the two colonnaded wings and a majestic
porch in the Palladian style, its pediment featuring
the Triumph of Bacchus in terracotta,
the work of Rinaldo Rinaldi (pupil of Canova).
The most
impressive rooms include the large Ballroom with
its depiction of Parnassus by Francesco Coghetti,
the Room of Famous Men, the Egyptian Room,
the Room of Psyche and, in particular, the Room
of Alexander with its large frescoed vault and relief
by Berthel Thorvaldsen depicting the Triumph of Alexander
in Babylon.
In 1978,
when the whole complex was bought by the Municipality
of Rome, the Casino Nobile was in a state of total
dilapidation. It has now been fully restored and designated
as the Museo di Villa Torlonia, and it will contain
furniture and sculpture from the Torlonia
collection.
The ground
floor will trace the history of the Casino Nobile
and the Torlonia complex from its origins to
modern times, when it used as the residence of Benito
Mussolini and his family between 1925 and 1943, and
down to its acquisition by the Municipality and latest
restoration.
On the
third floor of the building there will be a permanent
exhibition of the Roman School, with works by
the most important painters active in Rome between the
1920S and the 1960s.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Via Nomentana, 70
Visiting
Hours Every day, from the last Sunday of March to
September 30 from 9.00 am to ].00 pm; from March 1 to
the last Saturday of March and from October 1 to the
last Saturday of October from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm; from
the last Sunday of October to February 28 from 9.00
am to 4.30 pm; Dec. 24 and 31 from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm
Closed
Monday, Dec. 25, Jan. 1, May 1 Telephone 06 82059127
Price
€ 4,50; concessions € 2,50
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