The Villa Malta o delle Rose took its name from being the residence of the order of Malta in Rome. The focal point of the central tower, visible from outside with its bluish windows, dates from the Middle Ages. Throughout the 17th Century, it belonged to the Minimi monks of the Trinità dei Monti, but they let it out to artists and members of literary circles (like Canova and Thorwaldsen) and it became popular with the German circle in Rome.
