Villa Blanc, Eclectic architecture villa in Nomentano, Rome, Italy

Villa Blanc is an irregular, roughly cruciform villa of about 2,700 m², restructured in 1896–1897 by engineer Francesco Mora with architect Giacomo Boni. It is topped by a Romanesque-style bell tower with wrought-iron railings. The loggia has caryatids recalling the Erechtheion and polychrome ceramic metopes with naturalistic motifs; the ballroom is supported by cast-iron columns and has painted octagonal domed vaults.

Villa Blanc took its present form in a radical renovation carried out in 1896–1897 on a ten-room casino built in the vineyard bought by Marquis Lorenzo Lezzani in 1848. The structural design was by the Piedmontese engineer Francesco Mora, with the architecture by Giacomo Boni, who experimented with iron, cast iron, wood, ceramics, marble, granite and leather. The estate was sold in 1893 for 75,000 lire to Baron Alberto Blanc, senator and foreign minister, who died in 1904.

The villa now serves as part of LUISS University, functioning as a space for social sciences education. This shift from private residence to academic institution shapes how the building is experienced today.

The building is located near public transportation, making it easy to reach. Visitors should be aware this is an active educational institution, so access may be limited to certain times.

The loggia's balustrade is made of 41 balusters, smooth and twisted ones alternating, a design meant to symbolise harmony in diversity. Paolo Portoghesi considered the loggia, with its caryatids recalling the Erechtheion and polychrome ceramic metopes, one of Giacomo Boni's creative masterpieces.