Villa Spada description and photos - Italy: Bologna (Topic)

Villa Spada description and photos - Italy: Bologna. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Villa Spada.

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Villa Spada is a luxurious building of the mid-18th century, the creation of the architect Giovanni Battista Martinetti, who executed the order of Jacopo Zambekkari, who owned the villa until 1811. In 1820 it was acquired by the Marquis of Beaufort, wife of the Roman prince Clement Spada Veralli, who completed the design of the estate and the garden that surrounded it. By the way, Giovanni Martinetti was also the author of the Italian-style garden project. The Marquise added to the villa a part of a vast park, visible from Via Zaragossa. Later, the Villa Spada was bought by the famous tenor Antonio Poggi, and in 1849 the headquarters of the Austrian troops was located here. In the second half of the 19th century, even a Turkish sultan lived in the villa. From 1920 until the end of World War II, it was the property of the Pisa family, whose members carried out various restoration work here and made architectural changes - for example, it was in those years that an exit to Via Zaragossa was made. Finally, in the 60s of the 20th century, the villa was acquired by the City Council of Bologna, who made it public.

Today, Villa Spada, named after one of its former owners, is surrounded by a 6 hectare park, of which the aforementioned Italian garden is part. There is a historical museum inside, which contains about 6 thousand copies of fabric! This unique museum of its kind is considered one of the most beautiful in Europe. Some of its exhibits are very rare and expensive, such as the brocade that covered Christian icons in the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, and 50 Bologna standards.

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