Casino dei Principi

The Casino dei Principi (The House of the Princes) has retained the original appearance that Giovan Battista Caretti conferred upon the modest rural building which had been present on the site for nearly a century back in 1840.
The building was used by Prince Alessandro Torlonia, in the course of splendid, high society gatherings organized in the Villa, to watch the performances in the nearby amphitheatre. The beautiful balcony that ran the length of the main facade allowed the prince's guests to look out from the three richly decorated rooms of the "piano nobile" to enjoy the lovely view of the villa.
Although the amphitheatre was destroyed in 1910, to widen the Via Nomentana, the Casino retains some of its original decoration. The two minor facades have beautiful "pronaos" in marble supported by ancient columns and cast iron vases decorate the attic while on the main facade some portions remain of the monochrome painting of the beautiful frieze that portrayed the victory of Alexander the Great in Babylon.

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Contact Information

Casino dei Principi
Villa Torlonia - Via Nomentana, 70
00179 Roma

Tel. +39685301758

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