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Villa Lontana (Rome, Italy)


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    • Freeborn Villa (Rome, Italy)
    • Lontana Villa (Rome, Italy)
    • Poniatowski Villa (Rome, Italy : Cassian Way)
    • Villa Freeborn (Rome, Italy)
    • Villa Poniatowski (Rome, Italy : Cassian Way)

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    • found: Work cat: 2014410956: Una dimora nobilitata da Poniatowski, Canova e Thorvaldsen, 2013:t.p. (Villa Lontana [predominant form of name in text]) p. 20 (Villa Freeborn) p. 48 (Villa Poniatowski) text (located in northern Rome, on the Via Cassia, near the Milvian Bridge, east of Monte Mario; acquired in 1794 by Polish prince and antiquarian, Stanislao Poniatowski, who renovated the villa and adorned its interior and gardens with classical and neoclassical sculpture; the dwelling is not identifiable with the prince's better known residence, the Villa Poniatowski, located on the via Flaminia [cf. sh 98004193]); future occupants of the Villa Lontana, included, from 1832 to 1859, Giovanni Freeborn, British counsel to the Holy See; the villa was recently restored in the neoclassical style; current ownership is not specified in text)
    • found: Sgarbi, V. Roma, dal Rinascimento ai nostri giorni, 1991, via Google books:v. 1, p. 139 (Villa Lontana, via Cassia antica, 35)
    • found: Lanciani, Rodolfo Amadeo. Storia degli scavi di Roma, 2002, via Google books:p. 202 (Villa Poniatowski sulla via Cassia)
    • notfound: Guida d'Italia del T.C.I. Roma e dintorni, 1977;Hoffmann, P. Le ville di Roma e dei dintorni, 2001;Website of the Sovintendenza capitolina ai beni culturali, "Ville dei nobili" pages, viewed Mar. 18, 2015

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    • 2015-03-14: new
    • 2015-06-08: revised

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