Caprarola is a small village of grey stone houses approximately 35 miles from Rome. The village is situated a dramatic landscape, in a range of volcanic hills known as The Cimini , in the Province of Viterbo.

The village's chief claim to fame is the large Renaissance mansion or villa which dominates the surrounding country-side the Villa Farnese built by a Cardinal from the Farnese family in the mid 16th century.