Villa Madama

Villa Madama is a prominent rural house or villa built during the Renaissance. The villa situated half way up the slope of Monte Mario to the west of Rome, Italy, a few miles north of the Vatican, and just south of the Foro Olimpico Stadium. Even though incomplete, this villa with its loggia and segmental columned garden court and its casino with an open center and terraced gardens, was highly influential for subsequent architects of the High Renaissance.