Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.:
200347
Title:
Fortezzuola
Dates:
1791-1794
View Type:
photographs
Location:
Europe--Italy--Lazio --Rome
Location Type:
Current
Culture:
Italian
Creator:
patron
Borghese, Marcantonio IV
1730-1800
Italian
Creator:
architect
Asprucci, Antonio
1723-1808
Italian
Category:
Villas
Work Type:
Museums
Work Type:
Administration buildings
Work Type:
Chicken houses
Subjects:
Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy); Borghese family; Fortifications; Monte Pincio (Rome, Italy); Museums; Administration buildings; Chicken houses; Papal coats of arms; Battlements; Ferme orné
Work Notes:
According to a plan of 1676 by Simon Felice Delino, this building was a hen house. Under the reign of Marcantonio Borghese IV and his architect Antonio Asprucci, the building was renovated, enlarged, and adorned with medieval-style crenellations. After that it probably came to be used for the administrative offices of the villa. It now houses works by the sculptor Pietro Canonica (1869-1959). (Campitelli, 1993, 67-68)
Copyright Notice:
(c) Alberta Campitelli
Rights Type:
fair use

Fortezzuola