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Villa Parisi - Borghese is a villa in Frascati, now in Monte Porzio Catone municipal territory,

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Description and history

Villa Parisi was built between 1604 and 1605 by Mons. Fernando Taverna. In 1615 it was acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Later a nymphaeum and stately portal were built together as part of the extension work by the architect

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. Camillo Borghese in 1729 initiated further renovations. Painted decorations was carried in the 18th century by painters

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and his brother Domenico, Ignazio Heldman and

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. In 1896 the villa was purchased by Savero Parisi, an entrepreneur. In the garden are present Roman remains of an old Roman villa. It was the summer residence of Princess

Pauline Bonaparte Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese ( French: ''Pauline Marie Bonaparte''; 20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825), better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess cons ...

, wife of Camillo Borghese, and his family. The villa is not open to the public. It was used as the primary location for the 1974 film ''

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'' starring Udo Kier. It was also used as the location for some of the scenes in the REDValentino campaign for 2016-2017, featuring the singer Birdy. It was used as the primary setting for the Italian zombie movie, Burial Ground: Nights of Terror (1981), and for the Netflix romantic comedy, Love Wedding Repeat (2020).

References

Sources

*Wells Clara Louisa - The Alban Hills, Vol. I: Frascati - 1878 publisher: Barbera, Rome, Italy - OCLC 21996251 *Villa Parisi: Legacy of Terror (2016), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6222296/ {{Authority control Parisi Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Houses completed in 1605 1605 establishments in the Papal States 1605 establishments in Italy