Villa
Villa Giulia
Villa Giulia was commissioned by Pope Julius III. This gave
the initial design of the building to Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola in 1551-1553,
but the garden and other elements were designed by Bartolomeo Ammanati, all
under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari. It was built as a resting place for
the pope and was conceived as a place of entertainment rather than as permanent
home. The villa was built in an area of Rome known as the 'Vigna Vecchia' which
is on the slopes of Monte Parioli. The site has two main entrances, which ends
in a grand entrance that serves as a prelude to the work.
Spaces
As for the general plan presents a strong longitudinal axis
of symmetry and a large space (courtyard) from which to develop the other
areas. Thus, organized as follows:
1-Main'Acceso '
2-'Vestibulo: 'This is a well-defined space that serves as a
transition to the large patio. Is in line with the axis of symmetry. Here the
visitor is invited to move to the main garden, as it is a darker place flooded
by light from the previous one.
3-'Galeria semicircular: 'This precedes the lobby, offering
two types of main entrance to the garden, one directly, where the observer sees
all the space directly from a single glance, as a unit; and another, where the
observer is invited to visit this gallery and access to space laterally.
4-'Jardín leader: 'Based on this structure is the other
areas. This place is defined by three straight and a semicircular screens (the
gallery) that contain and give a great monuments. This perception helps the
fact that here there are no elements that stand in the observer's visual, so
this will have a clear awareness of the limits.
5-'Ninfeo: 'This is a semicircular space multiplicity of
perceptions, because the observer can do this from a vision of infinite angles.
6-'Jardín private: 'This is the shot of the composition
regard to the longitudinal axis of Villa Giulia. Its structure is similar to
the garden side is that this element involved to privacy in this space are the
vegetation of the place itself.
After Pope Julius III, Paul IV, confiscated all the properties
that had gathered, then the town was divided. The main building and part of the
gardens became the property of the Apostolic Camera. The building was reserved
for the use of the nephews of the new pope. He was later restored in 1769 on
the initiative of Pope Clement XIV, confiscated by the state of Italy in 1870,
and became the National Etruscan Museum at the beginning of the twentieth
century.
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