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The Villa Medici in Fiesole with early terraced hillside landscape by Leon Battista AlbertiThe Villa Tamminiemi, an Art Nouveau styled villa and house museum in Helsinki, Finland
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. Then they gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In the early modern period, any comfortable detached house with a garden near a city or town was likely to be described as a villa; most survivals have now been engulfed by suburbia. In modern parlance, "villa" can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to, in some countries, especially around the Mediterranean, residences of above average size in the countryside.
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function...
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (/ˈviːə/ VEE-ə, also US: /ˈviːjɑː/ VEE-yah; Spanish: [ˈbiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923)...
David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈbiʎa santʃeθ]; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a...
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 42,640. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since...
The villa's official name is Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana, but it is also known as "La Rotonda", "Villa Rotonda", "Villa Capra", and "Villa Almerico...
is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy. The villa was built for Pope Julius III, for whom it was named. It...
Villa miseria (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa miˈseɾja]), villa de emergencia or just villa, is the informal term used in Argentina for shanty towns. The...
Zach Villa (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and musician. Villa was born in Clinton, Iowa. He is best known for his role as real-life serial...
Look up villas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Villas may refer to: Villas, Florida, United States Villas, Illinois, United States Villas, New Jersey...
Hammerschmidt Villa (German: Villa Hammerschmidt) is a villa in the German city of Bonn that served as the primary official seat and primary official residence...
Ricardo Julio Villa ([riˈkaɾðo ˈβiʝa]; born 18 August 1952), more commonly known as Ricky Villa, is an Argentine football coach and former professional...
Villa Maria College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1960 by the Felician Sisters. The college was initially...
Aso Villa (officially The Aso Rock Presidential Villa) is the workplace and official residence of the President of Nigeria since 1991, when Nigeria moved...
after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada. The gardens were developed for the Villa Borghese Pinciana ("Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill")...
La Villa may refer to: LaVilla, a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida and former independent city La Villa, Texas, a city in Hidalgo County, Texas La...
Cafaggiolo Villa di Careggi Villa di Castello Villa di Cerreto Guidi Villa La Magia Villa La Petraia Villa Medici in Fiesole Villa di Poggio a Caiano Villa del...
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions...
Villa International Airport Maamigili (IATA: VAM, ICAO: VRMV), also known as Villa-Maamigili Airport, is an airport in the Maldives. It is located on the...
The Villa Group is one of the largest business entities in the Maldives. The holding company Villa Shipping and Trading Company Pvt. Ltd is a private conglomerate...
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