Villa Mocenigo and Alvisopoli Wood – Fossalta di Portogruaro

Description

Villa Mocenigo is a 19^th century Venetian villa in Alvisopoli, a hamlet of Fossalta di Portogruaro (Venice), which is named after the Venetian nobleman Alvise Mocenigo.
The complex consists of the manor house, the house for the tenant farmers, warehouses for processing farm products and an imposing printing house. The villa was designed by the architect Balestra and remained the property of the Mocenigo family until the eve of WWI. Today, the complex is owned by ATER which has earmarked it for use as a private residence.
The villa is surrounded by a park of over three hectares and comprised the Church of San Luigi, where artists close to Canova worked.

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