Villa Aldobrandini

The Aldobrandini Gardens: From Papal Estate to Public Oasis

After possession changed hands multiple times, the villa and gardens was sold to Pope Clement VIII who was Roman pontiff in the late 16th-17th Century. He then gave it to his nephew, Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, who hired Giacomo dell Porta to landscape it and add various architectural elements. Today, only the the garden is open for public access.

After being for a time the estate of the French governor of Italy, complex passed to the Italian state.

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