Casina del Vignola Boccapaduli

"The Casina del Vignola Boccapaduli is a small, Renaissance-era building located in Piazza di Porta Capena in Rome, Italy. It was built in the 16th century and is named after its architect, Giacomo Vignola. The Casina was originally located in a vineyard near the Terme di Caracalla. It was purchased by Prospero Boccapaduli, a Roman nobleman, in 1538. Boccapaduli may have commissioned Vignola to design the building, but there is no definitive proof. The Casina is a two-story building with a square plan. The ground floor has a portico with three arches, and the upper floor has two windows. The building is made of travertine and is decorated with Doric columns and pilasters. The Casina was used as a country house by the Boccapaduli family. It was also used as a hospital during the Napoleonic Wars and as a barracks during the Second World War. In 1910, the Casina was dismantled and rebuilt in its current location in Piazza di Porta Capena. It was restored in the 1990s and is now used as a museum. "