Discover what to do in Bagnoli di Sopra: Villa Widmann Borletti, Friularo Festival, the parish of San Michele Arcangelo. Want to know more? First of all…
Where is Bagnoli?
The municipality of Bagnoli borders to the north with Conselve, to the northeast with Arre, to the south with Anguillara Veneta, to the east with Arre and Agna, to the west with Tribano.
Villa Widmann Borletti
Located at Via G. Garibaldi, 35, Villa Widmann Borletti is one of the most important historical and cultural monuments of the municipality of Bagnoli di Sopra.
Harmoniously set in the boundless plain of the Bassa Padovana, the Renaissance core of the noble residence originates from an ancient monastery, whose cellars were later acquired by the villa’s clients.
Arranged around a radiant park adorned with forty-one statues, the eighteenth-century complex includes a theater and sumptuous service buildings such as stables, granaries, warehouses, stables, and a dovecote tower.
If you wonder what to do in Bagnoli di Sopra, Villa Widmann Borletti is an architectural gem internally embellished with spectacular frescoes by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Pittoni.
Friularo Festival
The 2022 edition of the Friularo Festival took place on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November in the splendid setting of Villa Widmann Borletti.
The program includes guided tours to discover the majestic 18th-century architectural complex, the invaluable pictorial works that adorn its interiors, and the radiant park of the stately home.
In addition to enhancing the artistic heritage of the charming rural town, the event promotes the ancient peasant culture and wine tradition of the area through exhibitions of agricultural machinery and equipment, farmers’ markets of agricultural and artisanal products, dining areas where you can taste specialties that attest to the quality of raw ingredients and simple, genuine, and inviting recipes that distinguish the identity of this lovely rural community.
If you wish to experience the autumn season in the pleasant tree-lined park of a noble centuries-old country residence, savor wine excellences in fascinating historic cellars, the Friularo Festival exalts the colors and fragrances of autumn offering you exquisite chestnuts cooked on crackling fires, appetizing mushroom-based recipes, cold cuts, and dairy specialties served with polenta and glasses of fine local wines, just to name a few of the menu’s delicacies.
To further enliven the festive evenings, there will be theatrical performances, magician shows, and art exhibitions that will make your experience even more engaging.
For more information about the food and wine event, you can visit the Facebook page Friularo Festival.
The parish of San Michele Arcangelo
Located in Piazza Martiri d’Ungheria, 27, the white mass of the neoclassical place of worship stands out in the historic heart of Bagnoli.
An elegant dentilled frame divides the majestic facade into two superimposed orders. The lower register is rhythmically marked by six Ionic pilasters resting on high bases, two at the ends of the front, the other four, arranged in pairs, frame the access portal.
The massive wooden portal is flanked by four quadrangular windows (those at the bottom taller) aligned vertically. Adorned by a sinuous geometric iron motif, the lunette window crowning the door is surmounted by an archivolt, decorated, at the keystone, with a grotesque mask.
The molded band separating the two registers serves as a frame for a large curved pediment, also dentilled, which stands at the center of the front above the two pairs of Ionic pilasters.
The top of the pediment is interrupted by a round-arched single lancet window that dominates the center of the upper register. Enhanced by a white Serlian window, the arched opening is flanked by six Corinthian pilasters in line with those below.
Completing the vertical development of the structure is the triangular pediment, embellished with two spires and bearing at the center of the tympanum a clock with Roman numerals.
If you wonder what to do in Bagnoli di Sopra, the church of San Michele Arcangelo houses refined altars in polychrome marbles adorned with sculptures of flying cherubs, extraordinary pictorial works, and a brilliant gilded coffered ceiling.
