Card of the Day - 2023-02-20

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Liebig [trade : meat extract : O/S : Europe)  "Villas Romaines Celebres" - or Famous Roman Villas (1912) Un/6 - F1063 : S1153

And lastly, we had a villa, which was beloved of the Romans, but also a name given to many houses in the Victorian era. The definition of a villa is a large Roman house, with assorted buildings arranged around a central courtyard. It is not hard to see how this led to the word village.

There is another set of Liebig cards that covers Villas = S1064 "Villas, Anciennes et Modern" (1912) - or Villas, old and new = but if you know more please tell and we will add them in here

This set seems to be unnumbered, but the subjects are : 

Villa Borghese - Vue de la facade principale du Grand Casino
Villa D`Este - Vue du Palais
Villa du Pape Giulio - Vue generale du Casino
Villa Farnese - Vue generale 
Villa Medici - Vue du Palais et la Galerie
Villa Pia - Casino du Pape vue generale

Our card is the last named above, and it was indeed the Villa of the Pope. You can read more about it at Wikipedia/VillaPia