Villa Aldini, Bologna

The Villa Aldini is a former-aristocratic suburban Neoclassical mansion located on a hill top on Via dell'Osservanza #35, to the southwest of central Bologna, Italy.

The main villa incorporated the circular Romanesque shrine of Santa Maria del Monte.

[1] A villa at the site was commissioned in 1811 by the Antonio Aldini, minister and plenipotentiary for Napoleon.

The broad tympanum facing towards the town center was decorated by the sculptor Giacomo De Maria with pedimental sculptures depicting Olympus.

Bought subsequently by local citizens, in 1842 the architect Antonio Serra converted some of the rooms into a consecrated church.