Villa Le Maschere, Renaissance villa in Barberino di Mugello, Italy.

Villa Le Maschere is a Renaissance villa in Barberino di Mugello situated on a large estate with mountain views. The property provides accommodation in 64 rooms, two outdoor pools, and a full spa facility for visitors.

The estate was built in the late 1500s by the Bettini family and later passed to the Gerini family. These families expanded the structure and developed Italian gardens that continue to shape the layout today.

The main facade displays 22 carved masks with varying expressions, from cheerful to grotesque faces that showcase different craftsmanship styles. These decorations shape the building's character and reflect the artistic taste of the families who inhabited it.

The complex stands on an isolated hill above Lake Bilancino, reached by the road between Bologna and Florence. The grounds cover about 19 hectares, with the villa, a gardener's house and the park; allow time to walk between them. The villa reopened to the public in March 2009 as a hotel after restoration ended in late 2008.

The chapel commissioned by Carlo Francesco Gerini in 1780 was linked directly to the ground floor only in 1857, when Pope Pius IX stayed at the villa. Its frescoed interior is thus tied to a specific papal visit rather than to the original layout.