Sasso Mobile

Private villa closed to the public.

Villa Francia is one of the most refined villas in the Sasso Marconi area. Built in 1787, it sill maintains today its original appearance. The façade is graced by a stairway leading to the front door and two small, lateral towers add to the structure's imponence. The salon formed at the crossways of its perpendicular galleries used to house a series of statues representing Bolognese Commedia dell'Arte characters. During the War, the villa provided “refuge” for the bells of Vizzano parish church, which had been bombarded. The church, contrary to expectations, was never rebuilt and the bells are currently kept in a bell tower in Palestine.