The immense agricultural estate of about 80 hectares is surrounded by outbuildings and service areas that were once used to stock the mansion’s food reserves, the stables, the barns and the kilns in a setting entwined with nature and artifice.
The court house
Originally built to serve as a hunting and leisure lodge, the "Court" went through multiple expansions to include a church in 1700, the stunning barns in 1800, and later the housings for the workers. Today, the complex extends over an approximately 80 hectare land surrounded by the woods of the nearby stream bed of the Enza River that supplies numerous crystal water springs.
The court house and its buildings
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LEGEND OF BUILDINGS:
Building A:
The palace....................3110 mq
Building B:
The grande barchessa.3.300 mq
Building C:
Residencies......................436 mq
Building D:
Stores...............................136 mq
Building E:
Chapel................................77 mq
Building F:
The Major Wing of the palace...621 mq
Building G:
Barn...................................156 mq
Buildings H:
Redeemable surfaces for Agritourism use.
Ha_Canopy......................519 mq
Hb_Fodder deposit..........470 mq
Hc_Little Canopy.............78 mq
Fabbricato I:
Casa del Bosco.............1046 mq
(Wood Lodge)
The Palace
The Hunting Lodge called “Il Palazzo” (The Palace) stands in the middle of the Court with the Renaissance double-arcades facing an unconstrained view of the estate, and providing men a relaxing, refreshing stop after a long day hunting. The lodge is made of a noble first floor with a vaulted hallway, the halls with rib vaults, a second floor with wooden ceilings and a balcony facing North, a large and voluminous penthouse with roof trusses. The story tells of a vast barrel-vaulted basement too, leading to the other Farnese Lodge known by the name of Pantaro di Sotto.
Total area
Palace.............................3.110 mq
Major Wing of the palace..621 mq
Basement
Mezzanine floor
Ground floor
Historical first floor
Historical second floor
Attic
Basement
Ground and mezzanine floor
Historical first floor
Attic
Historical second floor
The "Grande Barchessa"
The large, sleek outbuilding (barchessa) was built in 1800 at the same time as other utility buildings. It is a majestic building made of stones from the Enza river, with large low-vault horse stables and barn, and a triple-volume granary with wooden ceilings and wide louvre windows. A rib vault arcade connects the outbuilding to a large coup, and forms a unique, complex structure that was a forerunner of modernity.
We reach the old Court through the towpath of the Enza river between rows of oaks and poplars. In the distance, past the farming landscape, one can see the elegant Palazzo with the majestic “Barchessa” outbuilding in the middle.
A tour of the Court
Total area
Grande Barchessa....3.300 mq
(Outhouse)
Second floor
Mezzanine second floor
First floor barn
Groun floor
Mezzanine fist floor
