Villa Lante- Italy

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•Villa Lante at Bagnaia is a Mannerist garden of surprise near Viterbo , central Italy.

•The villa is known as the "Villa Lante". • It did not become known as this until the

villa was passed to Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Bomarzo, in the 17th century, when it was already 100 years old.

•Topography – the garden is present at contour site, and it divides into four levels.

•The garden has various kind of shurbs and trees .

• It also contain water channels and fountains.

•It has two twin villas.•Symmetrical balanced .

Bird eye view of villa lante

Top view and section

plan

section

The villa lante is set up into three main levels that Controlled the flow of water from the mountain sideDown to the town below.

The grotto and upper level

The grotto site at the summit of the hillFrom which all the water flows down Towards the town. This area includes theFountain of the dolphins as well as terracedStraight water path to the fountain of the giants .

The cardinal’s table and casini level

The fountain of the giant is at the cardinal’s tableWhich features a central channel, which in fact was Used to chill bottles of wine . And below that are two Casini which were built as the cardinal’s dwellings.

The cardinal’s table and casini level

The two casini were built separate fromEach other with about 30 years in between,but are exactly duplicates of each other.Form a visual barrier between the gardensAnd the upper level.

The lower gardens

The gardens at the bottom level of villa lanteStand as a testament to geometric landscapingAnd provide an entryway from the town below.