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The Merovingian Franks inherited the concept, followed by the Carolingian French but the later French term was basti or bastide. In post-Roman times a villa referred to a self-sufficient, usually fortified Italian or Gallo-Roman farmstead. In Germany a famous example is Echternach; as late as 698, Willibrord established an abbey at a Roman villa of Echternach near Trier, presented to him by Irmina, daughter of Dagobert II, king of the Franks. From the sixth to the eighth century, Gallo-Roman villas in the Merovingian royal fisc were repeatedly donated as sites for monasteries under royal patronage in Gaul – Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and Fleury Abbey provide examples. In this way, the Italian villa system of late Antiquity survived into the early Medieval period in the form of monasteries that withstood the disruptions of the Gothic War (535–554) and the Lombards.

With the decline and collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries, the villas were more and more isolated and came to be protected by walls. This was an affectation of urban aristocrats playing at being old-fashioned virtuous Roman farmers; it has been said that the economic independence of later rural villas was a symptom of the increasing economic fragmentation of the Roman Empire. Wealthy Romans also escaped the summer heat in the hills round Rome, especially around Tibur (Tivoli and Frascati), such as at Hadrian's Villa.

Later villas and gardens include the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens in Florence, and the Villa di Pratolino in Vaglia. Not far from this noble place, which was already popular with the Romans because of its favorable microclimate, one of the most important Villa Maritima of its time, the Miramare Castle, was built in the 19th century. This villa was located directly on the coast and was divided into terraces in a representation area in which luxury and power was displayed, a separate living area, a garden, some facilities open to the sea and a thermal bath. In modern parlance, "villa" can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to, in some countries, especially around the Mediterranean, residences of above average size in the countryside.

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• He often unified all the farm buildings into the architecture of his extended villas while focusing on symmetry and perfect proportion.

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• Not included as villae were the domus, city houses for the élite and privileged classes, and the insulae, blocks of apartment buildings for the rest of the population.

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• Not far from this noble place, which was already popular with the Romans because of its favorable microclimate, one of the most important Villa Maritima of its time, the Miramare Castle, was built in the 19th century.

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Guests can also enjoy a Finnish sauna, barbecue facilities, and a lovely riverside garden with a playground. The apartment is 10 minutes walk or 600m from the old part of Kranj. Kranj is the third largest city in Slovenia with many attractions to see. The Jezernica creek, which flows past the house, creates a pleasant babbling sound. Nested with pure nature all around, offers complete privacy (no direct neighbors) and a perfect getaway from daily hassle and bustle. “To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.” ― Anthony Burgess

Welcome to Forest Nest, a dreamy A-frame holiday house near Ljubljana, located in the middle of the forest, on the hill of Ski-resort Krvavec. Bright and spacious apartment in a newly renovated villa in one of the prettiest parts of Kranj – right next to the city center, to a park entrance, and close to the bus station. On the garden you will have your own private hot tube and infra red sauna. At the same time, the GOAT and Forager for a Day experiences turn da bruno παλαιό φάληρο taste into an opportunity to explore the most authentic face of Skopelos. On the 10th floor in the center of Athens, it offers creative Greek cuisine, fine wines and panoramic views of the Acropolis, in an elegant, atmospheric setting. Beyond its gastronomic offering, "10 Urban Roof" hosts live music nights, DJ sets and themed events throughout the summer season.

Soon after in Greenwich England, following his 1613–1615 Grand Tour, Inigo Jones designed and built the Queen's House between 1615 and 1617 in an early Palladian architecture style adaptation in another country. The Quattrocento villa gardens were treated as a fundamental and aesthetic link between a residential building and the outdoors, with views over a humanized agricultural landscape, at that time the only desirable aspect of nature. In 14th and 15th century Italy, a villa once more connoted a country house, like the first Medici villas, the Villa del Trebbio and that at Cafaggiolo, both strong fortified houses built in the 14th century in the Mugello region near Florence. Not included as villae were the domus, city houses for the élite and privileged classes, and the insulae, blocks of apartment buildings for the rest of the population.

By the time 'semi-detached villas' were being erected at the turn of the twentieth century, the term collapsed under its extension and overuse. In the nineteenth century, the term villa was extended to describe any large suburban house that was free-standing in a landscaped plot of ground. In many ways the late 18th century Monticello, by Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, United States is a Palladian Revival villa.

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Another type of villae is the "villa maritima", a seaside villa, located on the coast. They gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. Enjoy the serenity of nature in our unique tiny home, just 20’ from Bled.

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The offer ranges from seafood restaurants, traditional Greek taverns, BBQ and steak houses, along with exclusive wine restaurants. Aperitivo, signature, classic cocktails with a festive mood and style at the Paleo Faliro hangout. Generally, these would be properties in major cities, where there is more wealth and hence more luxurious houses. Generally, these would be more luxurious and spacious houses than the more common row houses. In South Korea, the term "villa" refers to small multi-household house with 4 floors or less. Nowadays, the term is more popularly applied to vacation rental usually located in countryside area.

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The oldest are original Portuguese and Spanish Colonial architecture; followed after independences in the Americas from Spain and Portugal, by the Spanish Colonial Revival style with regional variations. Villa Hakasalmi in Helsinki (built in 1834–46) represents Empire-era villa architecture. A representative building of this style in Germany is Villa Haas (designed by Ludwig Hofmann) in Hesse.

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In the 20th century International Style villas were designed by Roberto Burle Marx, Oscar Niemeyer, Luis Barragán, and other architects developing a unique Euro-Latin synthesized aesthetic. Another trend was the erection of rather minimalist mansions in the Bauhaus style since the 1920s, that also continues until today. It was the home of Aurora Karamzin (1808–1902) at the end of the 19th century and is now the city museum of Helsinki, Finland. In France the Château de Ferrières is an example of the Italian Neo-Renaissance style villa – and in Britain the Mentmore Towers.