Villa Cottafavi

The villa, built on commission by the Honorable Vittorio Cottafavi, is a large complex comprising the manor-house and out-buildings surrounded by garden, including structures in neo-Romantic, neo-Renaissance, and Art Nouveau styles.
Correggio
Villa Cottafavi

Address and contacts

Via Mandriolo Superiore - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 631770 - Information Office

Opening times

The villa is private and cannot be visited.

How to get there

Correggio

By car
Driving along the A22 Modena-Brennero motorway, exiting at the Carpi tollbooth and following the directions for Correggio (then following the SS468 towards the south);
using the A1 Milan - Bologna motorway, exiting at the Reggio Emilia tollbooth and following the signs for Carpi-Correggio (taking the SS468 in a northerly direction).

By train
The closer railway station to Correggio are Reggio Emilia (about 20 km) and Carpi (about 7 Km)

By bus
From Piazzale Europa - Reggio Emilia, bus n. 43 or 82

Historical notes

The design is attributed to PierGiacinto Terrachini.

The villa is made of exposed brick with two-light mullioned windows and windows surmounted by terracotta decorations. The oldest part of the building, probably of eighteenth-century origin, retains its simple previous forms.
Inside, the Ariosto Room holds frescoes showing episodes from the epic poem Orlando Furioso painted by Enrico Montessori and Emilio Meulli.

The complex is preceded by a small garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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