Villa Spada
Its history has seen moments of splendour and war: discovering it is a real journey through time. Built in the 17th century by the Marzer family, the villa served as the Austro-Hungarian headquarters during the Great War. Today it hosts cultural events inside its restored Barchessa.
Construction of the villa began in the second half of the 17th century by the Marzer family and was completed in the late 19th century, when it passed to the Spada family.
In the early 20th century, it was called Villa Antonietta and was a true stately residence. It had a park-garden, a bicycle room, a fencing room, a private oratory, and a carriage house. The stables were located to the west, near the current Meneghetti building. The interior rooms were finely furnished, complete with a billiard table and piano.
The construction phases of the Villa can be summarised as follows: an initial phase in the 17th century, of which the L-shaped main building on the north-eastern side of the courtyard remains; a nineteenth-century phase, which saw the construction of the building with a partially symmetrical layout, joined at a right angle to the seventeenth-century structure, and a second nineteenth-century phase, which saw the construction of other buildings that expanded the complex on the eastern side.
The 18th century saw the renovation of the building on the western side, close to the church road, with its own distinctive features, which were subsequently altered.
Completing the villa, located near the church, is the two-storey barchessa, restored in the late 19th century.
