Ville Tuscolane, the beauty on the outskirts of Rome

Discovering the beauty around Rome is even easier: the Tuscolane villas, the set of ten Renaissance and Baroque villas built throughout the Roman Castles area, reopen to the public from May and propose a calendar of events – in continuous evolution – made of guided tours, exhibitions, festivals and conferences that from now to autumn will enliven the spaces of these villas overlooking the capital from time to time: villa Aldobrandini, villa Falconieri, villa Lancellotti, villa Sora, villa Torlonia evilla Tuscolana a Frascati; villa Grazioli evilla Muti a Grottaferrata; Mondragone villa e Parisi villa in Monte Porzio Catone.

The program for the enhancement of these wonders, often unknown even to the Romans themselves, who also have them one step away from home, was developed byIrvit, the regional institute of Tuscolane villas, together with the Lazio region and the University of Rome Tor Vergata, will start from mid-May with a cycle of over 120 guided tours (the calendar, constantly updated, can be consulted at this link) which will allow the discovery of the territory of the park of the Roman castles, moving between archaeological sites, gardens, farmhouses, religious buildings and the sumptuous residences that, between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, were built by the papal nobility to enjoy the beauty of nature and tranquility without going too far from Rome and by his pontiff. Villa Aldobrandini, for example, was designed between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of the then Pope Clement VIII; Villa Grazioli, on the other hand, was owned by some of the most powerful dynasties of the time, from the Grazioli to the Peretti Montalto, who enriched it over the years with works of art created by masters who had come directly from Rome.

But the guided tours are only the tip of the iceberg; in summer it is in fact also provided the festival of the Tuscolane villas which will stage (from 20 June to 10 August, and then again from 4 September to 10 October) the music of Stefano Bollani that will play Jesus Christ Superstar thus celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most famous works of Andrew Lloyd Webber, O helium which will instead pay tribute to Enzo Jannacci. And again, the concerts of the national academy of Santa Cecilia, the retrospective on Toti Scialoja, scheduled for the end of May at Villa Mondragone, the events linked to the celebration of the seven hundred years since the death of Dante Alighieri which will also involve, among others, Professor Alessandro Barbero, and collaboration with the Roman Maxxi, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, which will pave the way for an ever closer collaboration between the villas, with their historical and artistic heritage, and contemporary art.

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