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The area where the Villa stands is in a commanding position, below the slopes of Monte Tuscolo. The park that surrounds the Villa is more than 15.000 sq m and is predominantly rural.
The greenery is mainly arboreal, being composed in the past by fruit trees, lemon trees, a wineyard, a small kitchen garden and an Italian garden. Nowadays the park has old long trunk trees such as holm-oaks, Orientalis plane trees it is thought they are the same frescoed in the Room of Eliseo of the Villa Lebanon cedars, Deodara cedars, Jubaea Chilensis palms, Caucaso pines and sequoia. The horse-chestnuts along the sides of the entrance of the Villa have been removed during the restoration works.
In 1992 ADSI (Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane Italian Historic Residence Association) and FAI (Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano Fund for the Italian Environment) advertised a national contest for the restoration of Villa Grazioli Old Park.: 26 groups of highly-qualified experts throughout Italy took part and the winning project was leaded by architect Romano Greco, which aimed at valorizing the existent trees such as holm-oaks, planes, cedars, as well as the bushes of box remaining from the Italian garden.
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