[HE great feature of this villa is the elab- 

 orate system of staircases leading from 

 the entrance - road to the grove. These 

 stairways line the terrace literally from one end to 

 the other, each one approaching at a slightly dif- 

 ferent angle. The intervening spaces are packed 

 with shrubs and flowers. The reason for making the 



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approach to the " bosquet " so important is not quite 

 explained. Though the effect is extremely fine of 

 these broad stairways, their perfection of detail is not 

 quite in harmony with the house itself, which is ex- 

 tremely simple, with no architectural pretensions what- 

 ever; and judging from the elaborate details of the 

 rest of the villa, it has either replaced something more 

 important that was destroyed, or it was put there as 

 something temporary, and never replaced. 



At the back of the grove which stretches at the 

 back of the house is a formal and elaborate terrace 

 with fountains, fed from the top by a series of formal 



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