Sasso Mobile

The villa can be visited by appointment, calling +390516723027 (Crespellano Municipal Cultural Office)

This villa, the work of Eliseo Cattanei, with its magnificent view, can be traced to 1474, making it one of the oldest residences within the confines of the Municipality of Crespellano. The way the palace actually looked a few centuries later is documented by a pair of drawings and two descriptions (Oretti in 1770 and Calindri in 1781) depicting an ancient fortress, complete with battlements, towers and moats. Pantasilea Cattani bequeathed the villa-fortress and the surrounding lands to his nephew, Count Calderini who in turn left it to the Priests of San Giovanni in Monte. In the Napoleonic era, subsequent to the suppression of religious orders and confiscation of their assets, the entire property was purchased by the Stagni family, who still own it. Over the course of the 19th century, work was underway to convert the building to a residence, central to the agricultural activity being carried out on the property. The moats were filled in, evidently no longer in tune with the times, and the central body of the ancient structure, seen in Oretti's 18th century drawings, was demolished and replaced by a courtyard with a well and a new neo-gothic building. The nearby oratory dedicated to the Archangel Michael has recently been restored.