The period spent at a country-seat; retirement in the country.(noun)
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Use "villeggiatura" in a sentence
"Church, who had their "villeggiatura" at Monte Porzio."
"Strolling the Hundred Fountains on a hot Roman afternoon, shaded by centuries-old trees and soothed by the gurgle and splash of water, one comes to understand the exalted place of villeggiatura in the Italian soul."
"The architecture of villeggiatura, or summer retreat to the countryside, was perfected by the middle 16th century—with the Villas Farnese and Lante in Viterbo; Aldobrandini and Falconieri in Frascati; and—most famous of all—Villa d'Este at Tivoli."