Villa Lante al Gianicolo

Villa Lante al Gianicolo
View of Villa Lante, entrance facade
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General information
LocationRome
Coordinates41°53′35.14″N 12°27′38.51″E / 41.8930944°N 12.4606972°E / 41.8930944; 12.4606972

Villa Lante al Gianicolo is a villa in Rome on the Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo). It is a summer house designed by Giulio Romano in 1520-21 for Baldassare Turini, as one of Romano's first independent commissions after the death of his master Raphael. The site was believed to have been that of the house of the Roman poet Martial, and the new villa was built on the same footprint as the surviving ruins, with a view facing Rome. Today, the property is owned by the Republic of Finland through Senate Properties, and the building houses the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and the Embassy of Finland to the Holy See.

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