A group of mysterious benefactors from the Far East have restored to its previous splendor a part of the 16th-century Villa Giulia that formerly attracted the likes of Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo and other intellectuals of the period. The "small miracle" was carried out at the Renaissance villa ordered built by Pope Julius III that now houses the Museo Nazionale Etrusco.

The most important artists of the time took part in its design and construction between 1550 and 1555. For the past few weeks, visitors have been surprised by the restored nymphaeum, the heart of the splendid gardens with a fountain designed and sculpted by Vasari and Bartolomeo Ammannati, caryatids holding up the Travertine marble balcony and a mosaic dedicated to Triton.

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