Villa Aldobrandini on the Quirinal hill in Rome

In a few web pages the fascinating history of the
Villa Aldobrandini in Rome.
Built at the beginning of the 17^th Century by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, the Villa is now the property of the Italian State and the headquarters of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

1. The territory of Rome in the archaic period.
2. Republican Rome at the beginning of the 4^th Century B.C.
3. Imperial Rome in the 3^rd Century A.D.
4. Medieval Rome
5. Renaissance Rome
6. Villa Aldobrandini in the early 17^th Century
7. Villa Aldobrandini at the end of the 17^th Century
8. The Aldobrandini art collections
9. The Grand Tour
10. Villa Aldobrandini in the Napoleonic period (early 19^th Century)
11. Villa Aldobrandini in the late 19^th Century
12. Villa Aldobrandini today
13. The Quirinal hill and the practice of law
14. Select bibliography
15. Cultural events

This site has been created by Paula J. Howarth of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).
Posted in June 1996 and periodically updated by paulahowarth@villa-aldobrandini.it