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Art and Culture .. The Getty Villa East Garden

East Garden Fountain Photo © Alice Joyce

Travel to Los Angeles should include a visit to the intimate East Garden within the grounds of the Getty Villa in Malibu: A walled santuary space where you’ll want to linger. The East Garden’s enchanting central wall fountain represents a replica of a mosaic and shell fountain from the House of the Large Fountain in Pompeii. In A.D. 79 Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Getty Villa museum features a treasure trove of art from ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria.

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Getty Villa: Elegant Symmetry .. Echoes Ancient Rome

Getty Villa Outer Peristyle Hedge and Pool Photo © Alice Joyce

Located along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, the Getty Villa first opened in 1974 as the original J. Paul Getty Museum; the architecture of the site patterned after the Villa dei Papiri – a Roman country house dating to the first century. The Villa closed for renovation in 1997, just as The Getty Center opened to great fanfare in Los Angeles. After a 12-year closure, the cultural cognoscenti were abuzz by 2006 as the Getty Villa reopened with stunning exhibition spaces; presenting an unparalleled showcase for Greco-Roman & Etruscan antiquities. An overall stunning redesign by architects, Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston received widespread praise.

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