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Facade
The villa’s facade dates VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
from 1551. The entrance
is designed in the form of Practical Information
a triumphal arch. Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9.
Map 1 C4.
Tel 06-322 6571.
Open 8:30am–7:30pm Tue–Sun
(last adm: 6:30pm).
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Closed Jan 1, Dec 25. & 8
33 with seven days’ notice. 9 -
= 7 ^ The museum’s addi-
tional collections may be visited
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at the nearby Villa Poniatowski,
Chigi Vase 9am–1:45pm Tue–Sat (advance
Battle and reservations required).
31 hunting scenes
adorn this Transportation
30 @ 52, 926 to Viale Bruno Buozzi,
Corinthian vase
from the 6th 88, 490, 495 to Viale Washington.
v 3, 19 to Piazza Thorvaldsen.
century BC.
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Faliscan Crater of the Dawn
27 This ornate vase, painted in the free
23 style of the 4th century BC, shows
24 Dawn rising in a chariot.
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. Reconstruction of
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an Etruscan Temple
Count Adolfo Cozza built
the Temple of Alatri here
39 in 1891. He based his
40 design on the accounts
of Vitruvius and on
19th-century excavations.

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Main entrance
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Key to Floor Plan
Lower floor
Nymphaeum
First floor
Literally, the “area dedicated to the nymphs,” this is a
Second floor sunken courtyard decorated with Classical mosaics,
Nonexhibition space statues, and fountains.

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