Villa Aldobrandini di Belvedere, Frascati: plan and section of the villa and gardens

NOTES: This original drawing was one of a number produced for the publication 'Italian Gardens of the Renaissance' by John Chiene Shepherd and Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe (London, 1925). The Villa Aldobrandini was completed in 1603 to designs by Giacomo della Porta, with gardens created in the same year by the fountain-designer and engineer Orazio Olivieri of Tivoli. The garden's 'Teatro delle Acque' water feature was powered by a special hydraulic system designed by Giovanni Guglielmi and completed under the direction of Carlo Maderno in 1621.