Scala Regia – Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Italy (1559)

Artist/Designer: Giacomo Barozzi Vignola

Project Location: Italy

Figure 1: Aerial View of Scala Regia ( Source | Accessed : February 16, 2022 | Photographer: Roberto Ricci )

Figure 2: Sketch of the Scala Regia "Royal Stairs" ( Source | Accessed : February 16, 2022 | Photographer: Hubert Robert )

Figure 3: Perspective View of Scala Regia ( Source | Accessed : February 16, 2022 | Photographer: Roberto Ricci )

Figure 4: Ceiling View of Scala Regia ( Source | Accessed : February 16, 2022 | Photographer: Roberto Ricci )

Figure 5: Villa Farnese ( Source | Accessed : February 16, 2022 | Photographer: Livioandronico2013 )

Style/Period(s):
Renaissance

Primary Material(s):
Brick

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Loren Partridge's, “Vignola and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola-Part I.”

David Coffin's, The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome

Significant Date(s):
16th Century, 1559

Additional Information:
Also known as "Villa Caprarola"

Publications/Texts in Print:

Coffin, David R. The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979: 281-285.

Partridge, Loren W. “Vignola and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola-Part I.” The Art Bulletin 52, no. 1 (1970): 81–87.

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Building Address: Piazza Farnese, 1, 01032 Caprarola VT, Italy

Patron: Cardinal Alessandro Farnese

Significant Dates: Built 1559 by Vignola

Associated Buildings by Vignola: Villa Giulia, Villa Lante, and Chiesa del Gesù.

Associated Projects: Room of Hercules- Villa Farnese and Sala del Mappamondo- Villa Farnese

Tags: Renaissance, Villa

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