Discovering Frascati and its villas
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Discovering Frascati and its villas

A mix of magic landscape, fine climate, and cheerful wineries called fraschette

Not many people are aware that just 21 kilometres from Rome on the Via Tuscolana, in the town ofFrascati it is possible to access extraordinary villas, gardens, spectacular fountains, and sculptures by important artists.

Frascati's soul is its landscape, fine climate, and cheerful wineries called fraschette.

Rome's noble families promoted this town's thriving cultural and historical wealth. The extraordinary villas, gardens, and spectacular water plays in fountains, nymphaea, and sculptures by artists such as Borromini, Domenichino, and Pietro da Cortona are admirable architectural masterpieces.

The water plays of Frascati's fountais are usually described as "theatre of the waters", and visiting Roman families villas offers magic and mysteriuos trips among the splendour of their interior settings and artworks.

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Claudia Astarita

Amo l'Asia in (quasi) tutte le sue sfaccettature, ecco perché cerco di trascorrerci più tempo possibile. Dopo aver lavorato per anni come ricercatrice a New Delhi e Hong Kong, per qualche anno osserverò l'Oriente dalla quella che è considerata essere la città più vivibile del mondo: Melbourne. Insegno Culture and Business Practice in Asia ad RMIT University,  Asia and the World a The University of Melbourne e mi occupo di India per il Centro Militare di Studi Strategici di Roma. Su Twitter mi trovate a @castaritaHK, via email a astarita@graduate.hku.hk

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