Nonantola - Villa Molza


Summer residence of the family of the same name, which has always been closely linked to the Estense court, it has a clear eighteenth-century layout and constitutes the most important example of the manor villas in the Panaro area.
A massive central body with four floors on which an elegant roof terrace rises is flanked by two bodies of lower height which end laterally with semicircular shapes. The facade is dominated by an imposing pincer staircase that connects the outside directly to the main floor, enriched by a balustrade of turned columns.
Like the manor houses of the time, the villa has two entrances, the main one facing the river from which it was directly accessible.
The main floor, mostly frescoed, has a reception hall of over 100 m2 with a height of 7 meters plus two independent apartments.
The ground floor is entirely intended for pertinent rooms, to which the property has also added a service apartment with independent entrance. The second level, once intended for the servants' quarters, has been restored and is a further apartment.
The south wing of the residence has the original frescoed chapel.
Stable, garage and barn are appurtenances in buildings detached from the main villa.
The property is set in a planted park full of vegetation, in which a central horse chestnut stands out, the last original inhabitant of the villa.