Villa Manfrin called Margherita, Neoclassical villa in Sant'Artemio, Treviso, Italy.
Villa Manfrin, also called Villa Margherita, is a neoclassical villa in Treviso. Its long facade has a central pediment, and the main-floor portal is reached by two right-angled staircases linking it to the garden, where a fountain decorated with sculptures stands. Inside, the main rooms keep their stuccoes, and two barchesse perpendicular to the rear facade give the complex a U-shaped layout.
The Venetian architect Giannantonio Selva designed the building between 1780 and 1783 for Marquis Girolamo Manfrin. The property changed hands several times over the following centuries before eventually becoming municipal property.
The name Villa Margherita came from Adolfo Cristiano Lichtenberg, who renamed the property after his wife when he bought it in 1896. Visitors walking the grounds today can still see statues and a fish pond that reflect the tradition of ornamental gardens typical of Venetian estates.
The villa is on Viale Gian Giacomo Felissent in the northern part of Treviso and is easy to reach on foot or by bicycle. The surrounding public garden, with its fish pond and statues, is open to visitors and worth exploring at a relaxed pace.
From 1919 to 1923 the villa housed the Ministry for the Reconstruction of Territories Liberated from the Enemy, created after World War One. The building only passed definitively to the Comune of Treviso in 1937, after the hospital had sold it in 1915.
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