Open House Roma
H11:00-18:00
H11:00-18:00
Villa Maraini opens its doors and welcomes visitors as part of the 14th edition of Open House Roma, the annual event that celebrates the architecture and design of the Capital, allowing the free opening of hundreds of buildings notable for their architectural features.
A jewel of early twentieth-century Rome, the headquarters of Istituto Svizzero is a villa in eclectic style that was built in 1905 by architect Otto Maraini for his brother Emilio Maraini, an industrialist and sugar producer from Ticino. The building and its gardens stand on an artificial hill – originally a landfill – that offers a panoramic view of the city from one of the districts of the historic center of Rome, in close proximity to the Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese.
The guided tour will also be the occasion to visit Atlas Studios, the first monographic exhibition in Italy by artist Latefa Wiersch (1982, Dortmund, based in Zürich), on view at Istituto Svizzero until 05.07.2026.
Istituto Svizzero
Via Ludovisi 48, Rome
Saturday 16.05.2026
11:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00
Sunday 17.05.2026
11:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 /16:00 / 17:00

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Neon installation by Chloé Delarue, ph. Davide Palmieri