2. • Villa Lante at Bagnaia is a Mannerist garden
of surprise near Viterbo , central Italy.
• The villa is known as the "Villa Lante".
• It did not become known as this until the villa
was passed to Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della
Rovere, Duke of Bomarzo, in the 17th century,
when it was already 100 years old.
• Topography – the garden is present at contour
site, and it divides into four levels.
• The garden has various kind of shurbs and trees .
• It also contain water channels and fountains.
• It has two twin villas.
• Symmetrical balanced .
6. The villa lante is set up into three main levels that
Controlled the flow of water from the mountain side
Down to the town below.
7. The grotto and upper
level
The grotto site at the summit of the hill
From which all the water flows down
Towards the town. This area includes the
Fountain of the dolphins as well as terraced
Straight water path to the fountain of the
giants .
8. The cardinal’s table and
casini level
The fountain of the giant is at the cardinal’s table
Which features a central channel, which in fact was
Used to chill bottles of wine . And below that are two
Casini which were built as the cardinal’s dwellings.
9. The cardinal’s table and
casini level
The two casini were built separate from
Each other with about 30 years in between
,but are exactly duplicates of each other.
Form a visual barrier between the gardens
And the upper level.
10. The lower gardens
The gardens at the bottom level of villa lante
Stand as a testament to geometric landscaping
And provide an entryway from the town below.
