Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati began as a villa of 1550 by Alessandro Rufini. Pope Clement VIII gave it to Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini in 1598, and Giacomo della Porta converted it. The core was complete by 1603, when della Porta died. Carlo Maderno and Giovanni Fontana continued the work for about 20 more years.
The 17th-century facade is Baroque, with a double gallery order on the rear and spiral-shaped flights. The large exedra of the Water Theatre was built by Orazio Olivieri with Maderno, and an aqueduct of 5 miles (8 km) fed the garden. Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri designed the monumental gate in the early 18th century.
American bombing in World War II damaged the top of the garden, which has stayed derelict, and the fountains. Prince Camillo Aldobrandini began a restoration in 2011. The family still owns and lives in the villa. The infobox places it in Rome, but the text says Frascati. The article gives no public access.
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