Villa Falconieri

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Villa Falconieri is a villa in Frascati, Italy.

The villa was originally called Villa Rufina, having been was initially built by Monsignor Alessandro Rufini. Later it was enlarged thanks to Pope Paul III, dates back to 1546. In 1628 Orazio Falconieri purchased the villa and commissioned Francesco Borromini its renovation.

Important artists and architects worked in, such as Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Borromini. The interior houses frescoes by Pier Leone Ghezzi, Carlo Maratta, Giacinto Calandrucci and others.

Later the Villa was bought by the German composer Felix Jacob Ludwig Mendelsshon Bartholdy, who gave it as a gift to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Here the german writer Richard Voss wrote the novel Villa Falconieri in 1896.

Villa Falconieri was damaged by the bombing (1943-1944) but masterly work restored the ancient splendor. Now Villa Falconieri seat of the European Centre for the Education (CEDE).

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