Villa Farnesina is one of the most amazing Palazzos that you will see in Rome. Located right across from Palazzo Corsini and built by Baldassare Peruzzi in the beginning of the 16th century for wealthy banker Agostino Chigi, it was later bought by cardinal Farnese whose name it bears now. It has amazing frescoes on the walls and ceilings, and is truly unique in its style and decorations. From the outside the building looks very modest and is painted in a terracotta color. The gardens surrounding the building are well- maintained. You cannot take pictures inside. When you walk in and turn right, the first large hall that you see has Rafael’s "Galatea" on the ceiling, and next to it are Peruzzi’s frescoes on the ceiling and walls showing various mythological scenes. The colors are very bright and well-preserved; the figures look very real, very human. The building is symmetrical and large Loggia connects its two parts. The Loggia of Cupid and Psyche currently has glass between the columns to preserve the frescoes, but when it was built, the Loggia was open to the gardens, where the owner would entertain his guests. The ceiling and walls are painted by Rafael’s pupils. There are several boards explaining the meaning of each scene of the frescoes on the floor of the Loggia. From the Loggia we move to the Salone delle Prospettive, where Peruzzi painted marble columns on the walls to create the illusion that the room is much larger than it really is. Frescoes on the walls surrounding the windows and on the opposite wall show various sites of Rome the way it looked in 16th century, and if you were looking out of the window back then you would see what he painted exactly as it is on the walls. All the frescoes are very beautiful and you can spend hours looking at them. You can also meet art students from all over the world here who come to Villa to study the masters of Renaissance.