. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . FOREMOST IS THE BOBOLI GARDEN The Hill Walk Boboli Garden, Florence European and Japanese Gardens. STRETCHES ALONG THE LAKESIDE Lake Maggiore while at Castel Gondolfo is the beautiful Villa Barberini, whichreproduces the arrangements and aspect of the ancient villa ofDomitian. All these villas among the Alban hills differ radi-cally from those at Rome in two respects. The house is not amere casino, but a permanent residence or palazzo, and theabrupt slopes of the hillsides give opportunities w^hich ar
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . FOREMOST IS THE BOBOLI GARDEN The Hill Walk Boboli Garden, Florence European and Japanese Gardens. STRETCHES ALONG THE LAKESIDE Lake Maggiore while at Castel Gondolfo is the beautiful Villa Barberini, whichreproduces the arrangements and aspect of the ancient villa ofDomitian. All these villas among the Alban hills differ radi-cally from those at Rome in two respects. The house is not amere casino, but a permanent residence or palazzo, and theabrupt slopes of the hillsides give opportunities w^hich areskilfully availed of, for striking vistas and monumental to the abundant mountain streams, the water works inthese gardens are unusually elaborate and effective. Further away from Rome is the hill on which standsCaprarola, with the imposing pentagonal palace and the beau-tiful gardens of the Farnesi, built from V^ignolas designs ; anda few miles further yet, the Villa Lante at Bagnaia, near Viterbo,one of the most perfect and typical of Italian villas. Florence is naturally the center of another group of villas,erected either by the Medici or by grandees of the Medi-cean
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