Villa Medici | |
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![]() Villa Medici in Rome | |
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General information | |
Type | Museum |
Location | ![]() |
Coordinates | 41°54′28.8″N 12°28′58.8″E / 41.908000°N 12.483000°E |
Current tenants | French Academy in Rome, |
Completed | 1544 |
Owner | Government of France |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Annibale Lippi |
The Villa Medici (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvilla ˈmɛːditʃi]) is a Mannerist[1] villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and now property of the French State,[citation needed] has housed the French Academy in Rome since 1803. A musical evocation of its garden fountains features in Ottorino Respighi's Fountains of Rome.