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  • Giardino della Pace (former Villa Mazzarosa), Pontasserchio, San Giuliano Terme.zoom in altra finestra
  • Gazebo in the Giardino della Pace (former Villa Mazzarosa), Pontasserchio, San Giuliano Terme.zoom in altra finestra

Garden of Villa Mazzarosa Prini Aulla

World War II bombings destroyed the main body of the eighteenth-century villa, leaving only the chapel, the farmhouse with its interesting sundial on the façade, and, especially, the park that conserves its nineteenth-century layout and is animated by sculptures, a gazebo, lemon-houses and tree-lined lanes. Today known as "Parco della Pace", the garden has been recently rehabilitated for cultural and social use.

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Texts by Elena Fani

English translation by Victor Beard

Last update 04/gen/2008