The complex of Villa dell’Ombrellino, notified pursuant DLgs 42/2004. is set on the Bellosguardo hill,in an area of great landscape value. The complex consists of the monumental villa dating back to the end of the 14th century, of the caretaker’s house, the large auditorium and of the more than one hectare park. The villa hosted many famous people, from Galileo to Foscolo, from Marcellin Desboutin to Charles Eliot Norton, from Violet Trefesis to Winston Churchill.
In 1974 the entire complex was bought by the National Old-Age Pension Insurance for doctors (ENPAM) which brought many changes to the villa and transformed the original residential use in a convention centre. Among the various interventions of this period there was the construction of the auditorium in the southern part of the park, covered with a roof terrace. Today this last intervention is considered incongruous, and then the demolition and reconstruction are allowed.
- Ownership Type: Private
- Province: Firenze
- Address: - Bellosguardo (Città Metropolitana di Firenze)
Floor area
- Gross Floor Area: 2,900
Designation
- Residential: 2,900
Specs
- Year of construction: 1.300
- Restrictions: Area subjected to protection as per Italian Legislative (Decree 42/2004)
Other
- Type: Properties & Prestigious Assets