Villa Farnesina Tour

Date from: Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Date to: Monday, July 18, 2016

Date: Friday, July 22nd
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Price: €12
Deadline to sign-up and pay is by 5:00pm on Sunday, July 17th

This tour will give you insight into JCU’s neighborhood. Villa Farnesina is located across the street from the Guarini Campus and dates back to the early 16^th century during the Italian Renaissance. The Villa boasts frescos from some of the most famous painters of the period, including Raffaello Sanzio who was commissioned by Agostino Chigi to paint the chapel and the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche.

 

Villa Farnesina also houses the Accademia dei Lincei, the oldest scientific society in the world, of which Galileo Galilei was a member.

 

During the tour , you will visit :

-Loggia of Cupid and Psyche

-Room of the Frieze

-Hall of Perspectives

-Alexander and Roxane’s Room

-Gallery of the Grotesques

 

What is included:

-Entrance to Villa Farnesina

-Knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide

-Whisper headsets

Minimum  Number of Participants: 10

Maximum Number of Participants:  40

For more information email [email protected]
**Please be reminded that, as stated in the Terms and Conditions, all activities and trips are not refundable.