villeggiatura

Church, who had their "villeggiatura" at Monte Porzio.

Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Mary Somerville 1826

Strolling the Hundred Fountains on a hot Roman afternoon, shaded by centuries-old trees and soothed by the gurgle and splash of water, one comes to understand the exalted place of villeggiatura in the Italian soul.

Art at the Scale of Landscape Thomas J. Campanella 2011

The architecture of villeggiatura, or summer retreat to the countryside, was perfected by the middle 16th century—with the Villas Farnese and Lante in Viterbo; Aldobrandini and Falconieri in Frascati; and—most famous of all—Villa d'Este at Tivoli.

Art at the Scale of Landscape Thomas J. Campanella 2011

But since the favor has been extended to other churches, as well as from other reasons, the number is greatly diminished, and consists chiefly of people in _villeggiatura_ near by and of a few hundred Neapolitan peasants, who with undiminished fervor come to obtain the Pardon, and whose singular performance, called _gran ruota_ (the great wheel), everybody goes to see.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

In this _villeggiatura_ of the human race the immediate aim is no very lofty one, -- not truth, not duty, but to please or be pleased.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various

She kissed the speaker then and there, wrote her letter hot-head, talked about it all that day, and worked herself into such a fever of curiosity that she cut short her villeggiatura by six weeks, so as the sooner to see the girl who could inspire her with such admirable ideas of her own magnanimity.

Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

To a thorough change of hours, habits, and atmosphere in these seasons of villeggiatura.

Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Alfred Arthur Reade

Why is winter the season of _villeggiatura_ in England?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various

Palazzo degli Studi, formerly a Jesuit college; the "T" palace, a villeggiatura of the dukes, the work of Giulio Romano; the episcopal palace, and several private ones; the ancient synagogue in the ghetto, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Ludovisi died in 1632; he was of a princely family with a large patrimony, and he made provision in his will for the college; it was to have an income of one thousand crowns a year; a house was to be purchased for it; and he left a vineyard as Castel Gandolfo where the students might pass their villeggiatura.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913