Scala Regia, Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Lazio, Italy
Main spiral staircase known as the Scala Regia or Royal Stairs, supported by pairs of Ionic columns through 3 floors, with frescoes by Antonio Tempesta, 1555-1630, seen from the Piano Nobile, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13435823
Media ID
45113182
Size
6833px x 5549px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
