Villa Spalletti

Address and contacts

Via Franceschini, 11 - 42013 Casalgrande
Phone 0039 0522 980126
Mobile +39 348 4450480
corte@cortespalletti.net

Opening times

Available for visits upon request

How to get there

By car
From Reggio Emilia exit of A1 Motorway: National Road SS467 in the direction of Scandiano/sassuolo.
Alternatively from Reggio Emilia take National Road 9 in the direction of Modena, turning right at Rubiera for Casalgrande (National Road 486).

By train
From Reggio Emilia railway station: Reggio Emilia/Sassuolo local train service

By bus
From Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa buses n. 96 or 68

Historical notes

It belonged to the Marquis Carlantonio Giannini, Secretary of State to the Duke of Modena, an important position in the House of Este. When the Giannini family died out the property and the villa were sold to the Trivelli family. At the beginning of the 19th century the Spalletti family inherited the property, to whom it still belongs. The present structure of the villa, the park, and the various annexe buildings are the result of a series of restructuring projects carried out starting in the middle of the 19th century, when the villa was transformed to its current layout. The villa has a tripartite façade with a joining body at the two square-tower wings that are placed slightly forward.
The façade is marked by four pilaster strips with capitals and surmounted by a scroll pediment with a central clock and “acroteri”. On the roof is a tower with a railed balcony around it.
The villa is surrounded by a large park with woods, sheds, ponds, greenhouses, stable (recently restored to use for conferences and ceremonies), and an oratory dedicated to “Mater Pietatis,” built towards the end of the 19th century.
The large English-style park was designed by the renowned botanist and landscapist Achille Villoresi, director of the Royal Park of Monza (1868). Among the other buildings on the estate are the farm buildings enclosing a courtyard, the land agent’s house, and a shooting lodge.
In 1887 Villa Spalletti was the seat of the “great manoeuvres of the Italian Army.” The King and Queen of Italy, along with their entire General Staff, were guests at the villa in that occasion.