Modern History
Later, on May 1907, the Villa was bought by the German baron Ernest Mendelsshon-Bartholdy of Berlin, who gave it as a gift to Kaiser Wilhelm II. On April 6, 1911 the Crown Prince William and Princess Cecilie visited the villa and decided on some restorations. Here the German writer Richard Voss lived (25 years) and wrote several novels as Villa Falconieri, Roman Fever, The Son of Volsca and others; he called the Villa as "my shining house". For these reasons Villa Falconieri was always dear to the German community of Rome.
At the end of the First World War, the Villa was confiscated by Italian State. Villa Falconieri was damaged by bombing during World War II but masterly work restored its previous splendor.
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