page_title: Villa Mosconi Bertani
section_title: Garden and surrounding parkland
hierarchical_section_title: Villa Mosconi Bertani / Garden and surrounding parkland
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Parco romantico in stile inglese presso Villa Mosconi Bertani Negrar Verona Italia
context_page_description: The Villa Mosconi Bertani is a Neoclassical winery and manor in the Veneto region of Italy famous for the important heritage in the production of the Amarone della Valpolicella wine. It is located in the municipality of Negrar di Valpolicella, Località Novare, in the province of Verona. It is the only Veronese estate since the beginning of the 18th century specifically constructed for the purpose of wine production. It consists of a residence, large cellar and orchard. Villa Mosconi Bertani is also known to have been an important centre of Romanticism thanks to the Italian poet and writer Ippolito Pindemonte but also the cradle of Amarone wine. The complex is listed and protected as historic landmark by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. The villa, park and winery are open to the public for guided tours, cultural events and private parties. The Villa now is the main winery for Tenuta Santa Maria owned by the Bertani family.
context_section_description: By the end of the 18th century, Romanticism, the fashion of the time, had spread to Verona. English-style gardens started appearing —rolling landscapes, exotic plants, meandering paths, hidden corners with faux archaeological ruins— instead of the Italian style, which was predominantly green and ordered. Following this trend, the brothers Giacomo and Guglielmo Mosconi reshaped the land behind the house, giving it two prominent features, a garden and a small wooded area. They built the pond, fed by springs located on the property with an island in the center, accessed by a wooden bridge. The island was planted with tall, standing Taxodium, conifers in the cypress family. The brothers also constructed a Chinese-style tea house on the edge of the pond, facing the island.
  
  On the far side of the pond, stands the tea house, built at the suggestion of the poet Ippolito Pindemonte,
   who had been impressed by springs and fields he had seen while vacationing in France with close friend and host Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the afternoon it served as a reading area, perhaps for visitors returning from a walk. In the evening, it lent itself to parlor games such as chess, the air filled with the lilting strains of a harp, played by the daughters of the Countess. The villa’s icehouse, also located in the garden, was built in the late 18th century and used until the first half of the last century.
  The original statues, chairs and a small, murmuring fountain still stand within the garden. The ample walled space, located directly behind the villa, encloses the grounds as well as an extensive Guyot vineyard, giving the entire landscape the feel of a country garden. On the front side of the elegant villa, a gate marked by boss pillars with gables and decorative vases, encloses the courtyard and an anterior garden. Its symmetrical shape is centered on a large, circular flowerbed, used for ornamental purposes, but also to indicate the correct direction for incoming and outgoing carriages to the villa. The vila is listed among the "Grandi Giardini Italiani" registry.
caption: Romantic English-style park at Villa Mosconi Bertani
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