Villa Romanin Jacur, building in Salzano, Italy

Villa Romanin Jacur is a three-story mansion built in the 1600s with Venetian-style architecture, featuring tall windows and decorative stonework above doors and windows. The estate includes two smaller farm buildings and a landscaped park with trees, small lakes, and bridges designed in the English garden style.

The villa dates to the 17th century; Gerolamo Donà and his son Andrea are documented in Salzano in 1646. The Donà di San Polo branch inherited it by primogeniture and died out with Paolo in 1838. In 1847 the Paduan financier Moisè Vita Jacur bought the complex and laid out the park; in 1871 his nephew Leone Jachia Romanin-Jacur founded a steam spinning mill in the rear barchesse, inaugurated the same year after less than ten months of work.

The villa's name joins the Donà dalle Rose, who held it from the 17th century, the Fietta heirs and the Paduan financier Moisè Vita Jacur, buyer in 1847. His nephew Leone Jachia Romanin-Jacur founded the steam spinning mill in 1871 in the rear barchesse, inaugurated after less than ten months of work. The 19th-century opificio is now read as industrial archaeology, with a fresco and two inscriptions on its central tympanum recalling its foundation and the importance of industry for Salzano.

The complex now houses Salzano's town hall, so the main building is not open to visitors; the park and gardens are best seen from the public road. The villa faces the SP 35 "Salzanese" on via Roma in the town centre, so it is easy to reach on foot. Look for the two rear barchesse, one of a single storey and the other of three, joined to the former spinning mill.

The spinning mill was set up in 1871 inside the rear barchesse, the farm annexes, and was inaugurated after less than ten months of work. Its central tympanum carries a fresco with two inscriptions below recalling the founding of the building and the importance of industry for Salzano.