Casale Strozzi

Casale Strozzi, in Rome is a splendid, forgotten and abandoned 16th century residence.

Since December 2014, the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities has been managing it through the Lazio Museum Complex, which in December 2019 became the Regional Directorate for Museums.

Inside the Teulada Park, the villa owned by the state property is abandoned. It was designed by Giacomo del Duca, a pupil of Michelangelo. Without an intervention it risks collapsing.

If it weren't for the traffic noise in the background, it would seem to be in front of a splendid farmhouse immersed in the Tuscan countryside. Surrounded by greenery, on the slopes of Monte Mario, Casale Strozzi does not hide the touch of the artist who conceived and created it. Giacomo del Duca was a sculptor and architect and had learned the trade from an exceptional master: Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The Strozzi, Tuscan landowners, in the mid-sixteenth century decided to build a residence in Rome. They commissioned the Duke to build a stately villa surrounded by two farmhouses. The villa is no longer there but the farmhouses have remained and have been separated from the Panoramica, the slip road that leads to the mountain.

One of the two houses the Organization for Migration. The other, incorporated into the Teulada Park, is ending in ruins.

The State Property Agency owns it and has not been interested in it for years. In 2016 it signed an agreement to grant its use to the State Forestry Corps. In the farmhouse, however, not even an agent has ever been seen.

Map: Casale Strozzi