# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VIGNOLA, Giacomo da]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Villa Giulia was built in 1551 at the request of Pope Julius III \(1550-1555\) who called on three eminent architects: Vasari, Vignola and Ammanati. The villa has a first inner courtyard with a semicircular portico whose vault is frescoed. The wall paintings imitate an arbour full of vine shoots, roses and jasmine. In 1552, Bartolomeo Ammanati created a second space with a loggia with a horseshoe staircase, a nymphaeum with rock gardens, false caves and caryatids, all decorated with Roman sculptures. The photo shows the first \(entrance\) courtyard. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/v/vignola/giulia.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=850'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the Villa Giulia, Rome. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Fountain]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()