1.   Thieves raided an Italian villa that housed a number of valuable paintings.

2.   An Italian villa on Lake Como is abuzz with political intrigue, adultery, and scandal.

3.   A dreamlike novel about four diverse people who take refuge in an Italian villa at the close of World War II.

4.   Inside, the high walls are plastered like an Italian villa and the ceiling is painted like a beautiful spring sky with pillows of clouds in the corners.

5.   Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson and Polly Walker let their hair down in an Italian villa.

6.   The joint buying power of two or three couples can command an Italian villa or a luxurious French waterfront house, complete with maid service.

7.   There he observed how the design of Italian villas blurred the line between buildings and nature.

8.   They have extensive European listings, from Swiss apartments to Italian villas.

9.   You just have to wander far from the glitz of re-created Italian villas and Polynesian hideaways to find them.

10.   The Beverly Hills property is modeled after an Italian villa, complete with elaborate gates, statues and fountains.