Frederick Stibbert inherited the entire estate from his grandfather and did not work for the rest of his life.

Instead, he dedicated his life to collecting objects, antiques, and artifacts and turned his villa into a museum.

When the size of the collections outgrew the villa, Stibbert hired architect Giuseppe Poggi, painter Gaetano Bianchi and sculptor Passaglia to add on rooms.

There is also valuable furniture, porcelains, Tuscan crucifixes, Etruscan artifacts, and an outfit worn by Napoleon I of France.

The cavalcade room is a grand hall filled with 14 16th century knights on horseback and 14 foot-soldiers dressed in armour and holding weapons.