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The Villa of Pliny in Tuscis was a large, elaborate ancient Roman villa-estate that belonged to the Plinys (Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger). [1] It is located at Colle Plinio near San Giustino, Umbria, Italy. [2] [3] He named it his villa in Tuscis (in Tuscany) and often mentioned it in letters to his uncle and others. [4]
Davis' 1854 Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park, Brooklyn is a splendid example of the style. It was initially referred to as the "Italian Villa" or "Tuscan Villa" style. [22] Richard Upjohn used the style extensively, beginning in 1845 with the Edward King House. Other leading practitioners of the style were John Notman and Henry Austin. [23]
The Medici villas are a series of rural building complexes in Tuscany which were owned by members of the Medici family between the 15th century and the 17th century. The villas served several functions: they were the country palaces of the Medici, scattered over the territory that they ruled, demonstrating their power and wealth.
There is a new Villa in town! FarmVille is continuing with the limited edition Tuscan theme and introduced three new buildings tonight- the Castello, Tuscan Villa, and Rosetta Hall. All three of ...
52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable is a historic police station located in Norwood in the Bronx, New York City. It was built 1904–1906 and is a three-story, red brick structure approximately 50 feet by 80 feet in size. It is in the style of a Tuscan villa. It features a 21-foot square clock tower with large polychrome terracotta ...
Completed in 1861, this historic structure is a two-story, five-bay, brick, irregularly-shaped dwelling. It is a combined Tuscan Villa/ Italianate style building that features round-headed windows, prominent brackets, hipped roof with overhanging eaves, and square roof belvedere. It has an enclosed porch with Corinthian order pilasters.
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Italy, which after the 1550s was associated with the Ottoman arch enemy the Habsburg, was very vulnerable to slave raids, because it was politically fragmented, its coasts lacked fortifications, and it territorial defense forces was weak and dispersed, and the corsair slave raiding along Italian coasts developed in to a full scale industry. [47]