The Park

Around the villa that dominates the entire Spoleto Valley, the grand park, which is also a national monument today, was designed by the same architect Giuseppe Valadier. Tall hedges of centenary boxwood run in parallel lines bordering the area of the complex. Great centuries-old trees mark the spaces of the access avenue, which leads to an elliptical square formed by two exedras connected to two large iron pavilions – “gazebos” used as rose gardens – and to two magnificent belvederes overlooking the splendid valley below to the south and north.

The park extends as a natural and architectural scenography, where the hand of man has been able to merge with the morphology of the landscape. The entire layout, geometric and symmetrical, reflects the Enlightenment conception of the garden as a place of beauty, contemplation, and utility. Avenues bordered by flowering cocchi, winding paths, shady groves, and open spaces alternate in a perfect balance between order and surprise.