Villa Lancellotti

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Villa Lancellotti is a villa in Frascati, Italy, and is the nearest of all the Frascati villas to the town centre. This villa was constructed in 1582 by Card. Bonanni, after restored the first time in 1730 by new owner Prince Peter Piccolomini. In 1840 the Villa, called Villa Piccolomini, was sold to Knight Francis Mehlem of Bavaria. The Villa was bought and restored in 1866 by Prince Filippo Massimo Lancellotti (1843-1915) and his wife Princess Elisabetta Borghese Aldobrandini (1847-1927).

King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (Savoia family), lived here, and in October 1805 he received Pope Pius VII as a guest.

In 1855 the famous writer George Sand rented the Villa Piccolomini from March 31 to April 19 and lived here with her son Maurice and her secretary Alexandre Manceau.

The facade of the palace offers views of the garden from every floor, and panoramic views of Tuscolo hill. The inside contains rooms decorated with allegorical scenes of the countryside, older paintings by Ciro Ferri (1634-1689). The Italian garden encloses a ninfeo from the 16th century. In the hall there is a mosaic in white and black tesseras found in Tuscolo hill near Camandoli monastery in 1863. Statues found during the archeological excavation of Tusculum are the decoration of the Villa.

A part of the gardens, now called "Ombrellino", today is a public park. Views of the garden facade of this villa can be had from Tuscolo's road.

The villa is no longer open to the public.

In recent years it has been the residence of notable ESA[1] employees, notably Herr Ludwig Moeller[2] together with his son Julien(2004-2006).