Villa Carlotti

Villa Carlotti

Built in the 15th century as a country retreat for the lombard Vimercati family and enlarged in the second half of the 16th century, the house passed to the hands of the wealthy and well-known Carlotti family in 1601 thanks to an exchange between families. The villa was completed and embellished with a beautiful garden and statues in 1632. In 1635, the family received their royal title from the Grand Duke of Tuscany and they started to undertake major building works to renovate and expand the Villa. It was officialy recognised as a Palace due to its size and the number of cultivated fields around it. In 1920, Francesca of Canossa decided to give it to the local community, however we had to wait until 1937, when the Villa was finally bought by the town council of Caprino Veronese and since 1952 it houses the town council offices.

Museum

The ground floor of the elegant Palazzo Carlotti houses the city museum, which is the result of the wish of professors Solinas and Marangoni and their group of researchers, to have a permanent place to display local historical artifacts. These were collected over the years and range from prehistoric times to the present day. The museum includes a section with objects from WWI. The most remarkable room is the “Sala dei Sogni” with its grotesque frescoes, but the highlight of the collection is the 14th century “Compianto” (mourning sculpture) founded in the ancient church of Santo Sepolcro in Caprino.