The villa, built by Carlo Cattani as a private residence, dates back to the years 1630 to 1680.

It was renovated and enlarged between 1717 and 1732, when the Florentine pontifical legate Alemanno Salviati made it his country residence. That is the time when the visit took place of James III Stuart, who adorned himself with the title of king of England, which the Catholic Church still acknowledged to him.

Although the garden suffered serious damage during World War II, its general design is still recognizable: most of all, the two intermediate terracing, restored with a boxwood adornment, still evoke the memory of a XVIII century garden. They were rebuilt in the last decades, after the villa was bought by Messrs. Tomassini, who recreated the garden based on the memories of Mrs. Rita Marconi Scala, the last owner who had been able to admire the gardens before they were destroyed.

Nowadays, behind and by the right side of the building, three beautiful Italian gardens can be admired. They are united by short staircases, adorned with evergreen borders and flowerbeds, rich with fountains, basins, little temples and stone statues, surrounded by walls and protected by wrought-iron gates. The whole underlying valley can be admired from here, along with the changing blue shades of the Adriatic sea on the background,.