Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Fortezzuola
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200347
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Title:
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Fortezzuola
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Dates:
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1791-1794
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View Type:
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photographs
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Location:
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Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
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Location Type:
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Current
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Culture:
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Italian
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Creator:
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patron
Borghese, Marcantonio IV
1730-1800
Italian
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Creator:
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architect
Asprucci, Antonio
1723-1808
Italian
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Museums
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Work Type:
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Administration buildings
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Work Type:
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Chicken houses
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Subjects:
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Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy); Borghese family; Fortifications; Monte Pincio (Rome, Italy); Museums; Administration buildings; Chicken houses; Papal coats of arms; Battlements; Ferme orné
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Work Notes:
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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)
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Copyright Notice:
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(c) Alberta Campitelli
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Rights Type:
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fair use
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