Villa dei Cedri - ex Miniscalchi - Moscardo

The Villa dei Cedri is a neoclassical villa, more reminiscent of Lombard style than Venetian style. It is attributed to the architect Luigi Canonica, who was appointed by Napoleon as State Architect and Superintendent.

The main facade to the north is 40 meters long and faces the park with three large French doors on the ground floor that give access to the "oval hall." In the tympanum, one can see the coat of arms of the Miniscalchi Erizzo, an illustrious noble family of Bergamasque origins that moved to Verona during the Visconti domination (1388-1404). The Miniscalchi Erizzo family built the Villa dei Cedri in neoclassical style at the end of the eighteenth century and remained its owners until the early twentieth century.

Inside, one can notice the valuable green marble portals of the entrance, a red Veronese fountain-edicule, statues, traces of frescoes, and splendid bathrooms.

The Miniscalchi Erizzo succeeded the Moscardo family, who, in turn, purchased it from the Sansebastiani around the mid-eighteenth century. The shape and design of the park is likely attributable to the Moscardo family, later completed by the Miniscalchi Erizzo. The thematic notes are arcadian - eighteenth-century, with airy development of paths and spaces typical of the nineteenth-century garden.

Near the Villa Moscardo, dating back to the 15th century, there is a plaque that attests to the passage of Emperor Charles V on April 21, 1530. The Villa dei Cedri has also been the setting for historical events.

Indeed, in September 1943, after the armistice, it became the German general command for Northern Italy, a command that was entrusted to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

The property also includes stables, a guesthouse, and an elegant greenhouse.

Now the Villa dei Cedri is an elegant and exclusive hotel with 27 rooms of different types.