Villa Aldobrandini

The Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati (Italy ) is one of the most famous villas of the Lazio region.

The plot and the smaller predecessor Villa are a gift from Pope Clement the Eighth his nephew Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini on.

The villa is situated on a steep hill and was created from 1598 by the architect Giacomo della Porta, Carlo Maderno and Giovanni Fontana. Della Porta, a pupil of Michelangelo, it was initially responsible for the increase and expansion of the villa, but died later during construction. Maderno and Fontana took over the garden design and drafted the numerous water features and other garden elements.

Aldobrandini described the landscape as " Theatre of the World architects God." The focus, however, was the impressive architecture, the garden surrounding it was irrelevant at the Villa Aldobrandini. Nevertheless, the plant consumed with its many water features most of the water resources of the region. Among the most famous elements include the semicircular water theater on the back of the villa and the Pillars of Hercules. The garden of the Villa Aldobrandini is considered Baroque garden, though he was yet emerged in the Renaissance. The prevalent in the Renaissance gardens terraces, shrubberies and mazes have now been replaced by the one all-determining axis. At this afferent to the center of Villa axis grotto, waterfalls, cascades, jets and channels lined. Final point is the water theater.

As models of the plant Villa d'Este and Villa Lante apply.