_Open on Monday and Friday afternoons; one-horse carriages not
admitted._
The villa--the most extensive and delightful of the Roman villas,
abounding in avenues and woods, fountains and cascades--is situated on
the summit of the Janiculum, it is supposed upon the site of a villa
of Galba. From the ilex-fringed terrace there is one of the best views
of S. Peter's; a lake supporting swans; a temple to the slain amongst
the besiegers of Rome in 1849--all of which must be seen to be
appreciated. "Galba was buried in his gardens, which are situated on
the Aurelian Way, not far from the city" (Eutropius, vii. 16).
_Re-entering the city, and descending the hill by the new road, thence
by the Via delle Fratte, we reach the_