Villa Mondragone
Villa Mondragone is a patrician villa originally in the territory of the Italian comune of Frascati, now in the territory of Monte Porzio Catone. It lies on a hill 416m above sea-level, in an area called, from its many castles and villas, Castelli Romani about 20 km southeast of Rome, near the ancient town of Tusculum.Photo: R Clemens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tusculum and Villa Aldobrandini.
Tusculum
Archaeological site
Photo: Agiulfo, Public domain.
Tusculum was an ancient Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. Tusculum was most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country villas sited close to the city, yet a comfortable distance from Rome, notably the villas of Cicero and Lucullus. Tusculum is situated 1½ km southeast of Villa Mondragone.
Villa Aldobrandini
The Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. It is still owned and lived in by the Aldobrandini family, and known as Belvedere for its location overlooking the valley toward the city of Rome. It is the only grand Papal garden not owned by the state. Villa Aldobrandini is situated 1¼ km southwest of Villa Mondragone.
Barco Borghese
Archaeological site
Photo: Gigi er Gigliola, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barco Borghese is an archaeological site, which is situated 800 metres northwest of Villa Mondragone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frascati and Castelli Romani.
Frascati
Photo: Simonfrascati, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frascati is one of the Castelli Romani, historic hill towns southeast of Rome. It is a small relaxed town perfect for a getaway from the metropolis, world famous for its white wine which has won an array of awards.
Castelli Romani
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Roman Castles are a group of comuni in the Metropolitan City of Rome. They are located a short distance south-east of the city of Rome, at the feet of the Alban Hills, in the territory corresponding to the Old Latium.
Grottaferrata
Town
Photo: Deblu68, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grottaferrata is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, situated on the lower slopes of the Alban Hills, 20 kilometres southeast of Rome. It has grown up around the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, founded in 1004. Grottaferrata is situated 3½ km southwest of Villa Mondragone.
Villa Mondragone
- Type: Building
- Description: villa in Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
- Categories: villa and real property
- Location: Monte Porzio Catone, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Villa Mondragone” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Villa Mondragone”
- Belarusian: “Віла Мандрагонэ”
- Dutch: “Villa Mondragone”
- French: “villa Mondragone”
- French: “Villa Mondragone”
- German: “Villa Mondragone”
- Hebrew: “וילה מונדרג’ונה”
- Italian: “villa di Mondragone”
- Italian: “Villa Mondragone”
- Japanese: “ヴィラ・モンドラゴーネ”
- Latin: “Villa Montis Draconis”
- Polish: “Willa Mondragone”
- Portuguese: “Villa Mondragone”
- Russian: “Вилла Мондрагон”
- Russian: “Вилла Мондрагоне”
- Slovenian: “Villa Mondragone”
- Spanish: “villa Mondragone”
- Spanish: “Villa Mondragone”
- Ukrainian: “Вілла Мондрагоне”
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