{"id":15063,"date":"2011-10-19T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T06:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15063"},"modified":"2021-03-15T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:13:17","slug":"the-villa-medici-in-rome-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15063","title":{"rendered":"The Villa Medici in Rome, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Villa Medici was established by Cardinal Ferdinando I de&#8217; Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany who acquired the property in 1576. The villa is located on the Pincio Hill, next to the Borghese Gardens, and enjoys a grand vista of the city of Rome. Napoleon Bonaparte acquired the property and, in 1803, transferred the property to the French Academy in Rome. Today, the Villa Medici belongs to the state of France.<\/p>\n<p>The terrace side of Villa Medici is covered with reliefs that were obtained from other structures including the Ara Pietatis Augustae. Many niches that once held statues and busts are now empty. The two lions in the loggia are modern copies of the originals that once stood guard there.<\/p>\n<p>Near the loggia is a fountain with a sculpture of Mercury and, in the terrace is a copy of an obelisk. The obelisk, originally erected by Ramses II in Heliopolis was purchased by Cardinal de&#8217; Medici and moved to Villa Medici. The original now stands in Boboli Gardens in Florence. The obelisk at Villa Medici is a copy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Villa-Medici-from-the-Terrace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15064\" title=\"Villa Medici from the Terrace\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Villa-Medici-from-the-Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"Villa Medici from the Terrace\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Villa-Medici-from-the-Terrace.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Villa-Medici-from-the-Terrace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Villa-Medici-from-the-Terrace-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Villa Medici from the Terrace<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Villa Medici from the Terrace (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Loggia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15065\" title=\"The Loggia of Villa Medici\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Loggia.jpg\" alt=\"The Loggia of Villa Medici\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Loggia.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Loggia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Loggia-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Loggia of Villa Medici<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Loggia of Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Statue-in-Loggia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15066\" title=\"Roman Statue in the Loggia of Villa Medici\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Statue-in-Loggia.jpg\" alt=\"Roman Statue in the Loggia of Villa Medici\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Statue-in-Loggia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Statue-in-Loggia-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Statue-in-Loggia-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Roman Statue in the Loggia of Villa Medici<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Roman Statue in the Loggia of Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mercury-and-Obelisk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15067\" title=\"Sculpture of Mercury and the Obelisk at Villa Medici\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mercury-and-Obelisk.jpg\" alt=\"Sculpture of Mercury and the Obelisk at Villa Medici\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mercury-and-Obelisk.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mercury-and-Obelisk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mercury-and-Obelisk-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sculpture of Mercury and the Obelisk at Villa Medici<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Sculpture of Mercury and the Obelisk at Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 11 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Villa Medici was established by Cardinal Ferdinando I de&#8217; Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany who acquired the property in 1576. 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