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Villa Lante
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For the villa in Rome, see Villa Lante al Gianicolo.
Villa Lante is a Mannerist garden of surprise in Bagnaia, Viterbo, central Italy, attributed to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola.[1]
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Villa Lante did not become well known until it passed to Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Bomarzo, in the 17th century, when it was already 100 years old.
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The Villa, a property of the Republic of Italy, since December 2014, is run by the Polo Museale del Lazio.