The J. Paul Getty Villa is a re-creation of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum on the Getty Estate located in Pacific Palisades, California. dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including the Lansdowne Heracles and the Victorious Youth. In 1993, the Getty Trust engaged Rodolpho Machado and Jorge Silvetti to design a renovation of the villa which reopened in 2006. This view looks across the great reflecting pool and garden towards the entrance of the museum.
The Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California
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