The Story of the Casino Farnese. Home to Artists in Rome

In the Italian Renaissance, a casino was a quiet aristocratic villa in the green. The Casino Farnese is located in Trastevere, on Via della Lungara next to the Villa Farnesina and opposite Palazzo Corsini, in what was originally a vigna - a landholding filled with orchards and vineyards. The Casino Farnese (1495) is over 500 years old and lies in an area of Rome immensely rich in world history, art and culture. In and around this geographical microcosm, extraordinary people have come and gone; events great and small have left their mark. It is a place of creativity and learning, deeply connected with art, music, literature, philosophy and science, and in many ways also with the Nordic countries of Scandinavia.