Villa Giulia, built by Vignola with some advice by Vasari, Ammannati and Michelangelo, is now the Etruscan Museum of Rome. Here Pope Julius III spent most of his time. The wreaths of his coat of arms are still visible.
Read William Dean Howells' account of his visit to Villa di Papa Giulio in 1908.
Palaces, Museums - History
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By: Effi