Villa Guastavillani, Renaissance villa in Barbiano district, Bologna, Italy

Villa Guastavillani is a historic villa on the Monte di Barbiano in Bologna, built in 1575 for Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani. It has four floors, one of them underground, and many rooms whose walls and ceilings are decorated with frescoes that often gave the rooms their names. Since 1996 it has housed the Bologna Business School.

Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani had the villa built in 1575 as his own residence on the Monte di Barbiano. The City of Bologna bought it in 1992 and used it for various purposes; since 1996 it has been assigned to the University of Bologna, which today houses the Bologna Business School there.

Many rooms take their names from the frescoes painted on their walls and ceilings, so the decoration itself identifies each space. The villa was built from 1575 as the residence of Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani, and since 1996 it has housed the Bologna Business School.

The villa stands on the Monte di Barbiano, and bus line 59, run by TPER, stops nearby and ends at Piazza Cavour. Since 1996 the building has belonged to the University of Bologna and houses the Bologna Business School, so the interiors are normally seen only when the school opens them.

Many rooms take their names from the frescoes on their walls and ceilings, so the paintings still identify the spaces they decorate. The villa was built in 1575 for Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani and has four floors, one of them underground.