A villa with a Roman aqueduct in the garden that famously belonged to Princess Zenaida Wolkonsky, whose salon included Gogol, Donizetti, Thorvaldsen, Stendhal and Sir Walter Scott. The author is a former diplomat who spent a few years here, for it is now the official residence of the British Ambassador to Rome.
The Villa Wolkonsky in Rome: History of a Hidden Treasure
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