Left: Hercules and Diomedes. Hercules kills Diomedes and throws the body to his horses (Hercule et Diom鑔e)Right: Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (Hercule et l'Hydre de Lerne)Fresco by by Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536)-In the Frieze hall (La salle de la frise) at Villa Farnesina.The room's name derives from the frieze that runs all along the four walls. It depicts the labours of Hercules (Hercule / Heracles ) and other mythological tales.- Built on the Tiber banks at the beginning of 16th century for the banker and patron Agostino Chigi; Villa Farnesina is one of the Renaissance most impressive and successful combination of architecture and decoration in a private house.Rome; Italy. 2019.Photo: Eric Vandeville