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Villa Farnesina
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Peruzzi’s sumptuous villa (1508-11) was built for papal banker Agostino Chigi, whose parties were legendary - he would toss silver platters into the Tiber after each course. In a downstairs room, Peruzzi painted Chigi’s horoscope on the ceiling, Sebastiano del Piombo painted scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses , and Raphael painted the sensual Galatea . Peruzzi’s upstairs hall features a trompe-l’oeil balustrade overlooking hills. The 1527 graffiti by Charles V’s troops is now historic vandalism, protected under glass. The bedroom contains Sodoma’s Wedding Night of Alexander the Great (1517).
Practical Information
Via della Lungara 230
Open 9am-1pm Mon-Sat Adm €4.15
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