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Civette (The House of the Owls) with its Liberty architecture and stained glass windows and rooms leading from one into another Villa Torlonia also has a theatre recently opened to the public for events, a conservatory (Serra Mo- resca) still being restored. The nal stop should be the orangerie, known as La Limonaia (the Lemon House),
to rest and have a snack after visiting the museum and other buildings ei- ther inside or outside where there is an outdoor area with chairs and tables in warm weather Villa Torlonia is one of those places in Rome where you feel
it could be somewhere in the country away from the madding crowd and bustling city tra c.
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