Villa Da Sacco

The Villa Da Sacco is located in a raised position near the parish church, on the site of high medieval fortifications.

The noble family Da Sacco has been present in Colà since the 14th century; the vast property that extended around the villa was cultivated by the inhabitants of the various courtyards. The closest was the Boaria, probably named for the presence of several pairs of oxen.
The oldest core of the building consisted of the house and the stable with the hayloft above, as seen in a photograph by Moritz Lotze dating back to around 1880. Towards the end of the 1880s, Countess Eleonora Da Sacco began completing the courtyard by building the porch to the west, the barchessa, and the enclosing wall on the east side. On the gate at the entrance to the courtyard are her initials (E.S.= Eleonora Da Sacco) and the probable completion date (1894). In 1909, Eleonora Da Sacco died, and not being married, she left the lands in inheritance to the children of her brother Antonio, great-grandfather of the current owner.
Of this expansion, particularly interesting is the barchessa with three well-crafted neoclassical stone columns supporting the construction above. Since 1928, the Bernardi family has lived in this house and was sharecroppers of the Da Sacco; many people from Colà surely remember the gatherings that took place in this courtyard during the beautiful season or in the stable during the cold period.

The current agricultural practices have rendered the Boaria no longer functional for farming, so the property has partially granted its free use to the Alpine Group of Colà, which has proudly taken care of its conservation since 1983.