What is a villa?

Villa is a kind of residence, which usually consists of a single building or multiple buildings. Villa is generally located in the suburbs or rural areas of the city, surrounded by attached gardens or gardens, covering a large area, and its design pays attention to leisure life. Villa often shows off luxury, which is also called "luxury house".

Because the villa is not the main residence, it is different from the common townhouses in ancient cities of China. The land of the villa is generally wide, and the building structure is independent of other adjacent houses. Auxiliary land may include courtyards, gardens, fields, ponds and streams, and the layout style also pays attention to leisure.

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Tracing back to the origin of its villa, there is no clear time starting point. In ancient China, villas appeared very early, from the imperial palace to the royal residence, and then to the villas and manors of wealthy businessmen, landlords and squires.

The appearance of villas abroad has a long history, and villas in the western sense mainly inherit the development concept after the industrial revolution abroad.

In modern Europe, luxury villas and mansions, some magnificent buildings are built on the top of private islands or peaks, such as castles. From the entrance of the villa to the main entrance of the mansion, you may have to take a bus, 10 minutes, passing through private orchards, granaries, farmhouses, forests and so on.

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