Top 4 Castles around Rivignano Teor

A medieval village straight out of a picture book - just look and enjoy.

The Castello di Flambruzzo estate is a formerly magnificent building, remodeled several times over the centuries, whose current layout dates back to the 16th century. It is surrounded by an extensive English-style park covering an area of almost four hectares. The ground floor of the building is designed in the style of Venetian villas, with a main hall featuring two French doors and four doors leading to adjoining rooms, including two libraries and the Sala Badoglio. The south-facing halls open onto the large terrace overlooking the park and swimming pool. The villa also has a private chapel where religious weddings can be held. Source: https://www.turismofvg.it/de/wedding/unsere-einrichtungen/castello-di-flambruzzo?LangSetCMS=de

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The villa was purchased in 1910 by Count Francesco Rota of San Vito al Tagliamento who resold it a few years later. Finally, after the Second World War, it was purchased by Pietro Badoglio and is still owned by his heirs. As the General Catalogue of Cultural Heritage states, the Villa was built in neoclassical style, using the most classic Palladian schemes. The park is ‘English style’; instead, in the interior we can still admire splendid tempera paintings dating back to the end of the eighteenth century. Near the Villa, it is also worth mentioning the presence of the farmhouse Le Catocchie, also dating back to the eighteenth century, with a courtyard that features a beautiful sacred fresco. In short, a remarkable collection of pieces of art in a handkerchief of land otherwise ignored by most. https://www.friulioggi.it/cultura/curiosita-friuli/villa-codroipo-rota-badoglio-flambruzzo/ The complex originated from a castle that was returned, in 1258, by the Savorgnan family to the patriarch Gregorio da Montelongo. In 1466 it became the property of the Codroipo family who transformed the manor into a villa, keeping only the gate tower with the access bridge, at that time a drawbridge. In 1910 the villa became the property of the Rota family and subsequently, through the female line, of the Badoglio family. Today, only the three-story gate tower with a carriage passage remains of the ancient castle, while the ancient wooden bridge has been replaced by a stone structure. https://patrimonioculturale.regione.fvg.it/architettura/?s_id=448179&s_tab=oa

It appears suddenly along the way

Cordovado is a town of about 3,000 inhabitants which is part of the province of Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its origins date back to the Middle Ages: its main monuments are the Cathedral and the Castle.

In the left annex of the main building there is a restaurant "Il Doge", in the right annex a small carriage and weapons museum, as well as a relatively large castle chapel in Baroque style dedicated to St. Andrew, which was decorated by Giuseppe Torretti and his collaborators Francesco Bonazza and Pietro Baratta . In front of it, the former stable buildings run in a semicircle, only interrupted by the former driveway. This entrance, a bridge, is decorated with figures; below is a pond. In 1954, Ernest Hemingway was a guest of the Kechler family, who owned the villa at the time.

The journey to Villa Manin is already an eye-catcher: you drive about 2 kilometers straight towards the villa, which makes it seem even more impressive than it already is. Today Villa Manin is a haven for modern art. The stately property of Villa Manin was built in the 17th century in the style of a country villa in Passariano, a district of the municipality of Codroipo near Udine. The builders belonged to the Venetian noble family Manin, from which the last Doge of Venice also came: Ludivico Manin. When Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the Republic of Venice in 1797, Villa Manin became his residence and the headquarters of the French troops. Due to the Manin family's loss of power, they ran into financial difficulties, which led to the decline of the noble seat in the 19th century and ultimately to its sale. In 1969, Villa Manin was acquired by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and developed into a center of contemporary art. The villa consists of a central structure in which the living areas were located and two outbuildings (arcades) which were used as utility rooms. Today (especially on weekends) the courtyard in front of the villa, as well as the arcades themselves, serve, among other things, for antique and plant markets, tastings of regional products and various musical events. In the interior of the villa, in addition to the exhibitions, the magnificent entrance hall with its elaborate frescoes (by Louis Dorigny (1654-1742)) and the chapel (Domenico Rossi (1657-1737)), which is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew, are also worth seeing . As a number of art prints show, the huge, walled park was part of the property from the beginning and was originally laid out according to Baroque specifications. Today the park is more like a landscape garden and, in addition to its old trees, offers visitors a variety of botanical rarities. When walking along the mimosa or magnolia avenue, you will come across enormous black poplars, Lebanese cedars, ginkgos, Japanese sickle firs and Himalayan pines.