Villa Manfrin called Margherita, Neoclassical villa in Sant'Artemio, Treviso, Italy.
Villa Manfrin, also known as Villa Margherita, is a neoclassical villa in Treviso, in northeastern Italy. The building has a long facade topped by a central pediment, with tall single-light windows on the main floor each finished with a small decorative tympanum above them.
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.
Between 1919 and 1937, the building served as the headquarters of the Ministry for the Reconstruction of Territories Liberated from the Enemy, a body set up after World War One. This role as an administrative center is rarely mentioned today, yet it ties the villa directly to one of the most turbulent chapters in modern Italian history.
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