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A long, low, Tuscan-like house, with simple but 

 charming grounds. Like many Tuscan villas, the 

 farm lands come quite up to the garden boundary. 

 The vista through the archway of the house oppo- 

 site the entrance gate, down a long clipped walk, 

 is most attractive. The garden is laid out in box- 

 enclosed plots, and there is the usual lemon garden 

 with pools and cool, dark ilex wood. The villa is 

 quite close to the high road, which is here enlarged 

 into a bust-fringed semi-circle. 



VILLA CORSINI, ROME. 



Now the Reale Accademia de Lincei. The grounds 

 are now botanical gardens and a public park. 

 For permission to enter the garden apply at the 

 Corsini Palace. The palace was built for the 

 Riario family, who sold it in 1729 to Clement 

 XIL, who bought it for his nephew, Cardinal Neri 

 Corsini. 



Of the finely designed grounds nothing is left 

 except the cascade, which is a simple and charming 

 arrangement of stone basins one above another, 

 with a terrace and grotto at the top. 



VILLA PAMPHILJ, ROME. 



Formerly Villa Belrespiro. Open to the public on 

 Mondays after i p.m., and on Fridays from 10 to 2. 



