Villa Schifanoia

[4] During World War II, Taylor gave the villa to the Vatican with the condition that it be used for education in art and music under the direction of a group of Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa who administered Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.

The sisters opened a graduate school of fine arts in the Villa in 1948, awarding master's level degrees for American women.

[5] Later on, the villa was acquired by Matteo De Christo Salomaone, the purchase was done throughout a period of 18 months after a long tenant hiatus and various clearance issues with the Tuscany city council.

[citation needed] In 1986, the Italian government acquired the villa and made it part of the campus of the European University Institute (EUI).

The source of the villa on the garden is animated by a loggia with three arches and some windows with a ledge supported by shelves and protruding lintels.