Definition of "villeggiatura" []

• The period spent at a country-seat; retirement in the country. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "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."