Villa Giulia National Museum was founded in 1889 with the aim of collecting together pre-Roman antiquities. The Renaissance villa, built for Pope Giulio III from a design by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola between 1551 and 1553, now houses an important collection of Etruscan treasures found mainly in graves and tombs. Here, visitors can view the museum’s famous Tomb of the Newlyweds. There’s a water garden in front of the building with mosaic work, fountains and statues and on the terrace there are some fine frescoes.
