We will all be able to follow the progress of Villa Fiori now that the developers have an official website, Facebook page and Instagram.
Here are a couple of artist impressions of the new Villa Fiori.
When this is finished it will be an amazing asset to Bagni di Lucca. I look forward to watching it grow.
Here are the links to the website, Facebook and Instagram.
Website…https://www.villa-Fiori.com/
Facebook…https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578960026838
It is great to see that work has begun on the renovation of Villa Fiori in Ponte a Serraglio. The area around the villa is being cleared. It will be wonderful to watch this beautiful old building come back to life.
Keep up,the good work!
It has been reported that Villa Fiori in Ponte a Serraglio has been sold. It seems an English man will revive this lovely old building and turn it into a hotel.
It will be excellent to see the building saved. It has been fading fast in the last couple of years, especially after a tree fell on the roof.
I hope the diver in the garden can be saved. I love her. It has been awful seeing her disintegrate.
I wish the new owner the best! I can’t wait to see Villa Fiori alive again,
I went to the car park in Villa Fiori almost in time to see the huge tree that fell a few weeks ago lifted off the roof. Heavy equipment has been moved in. I’m sorry I missed the man in the cherry picker attaching ropes to the tree for the lift off.
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Wouldn’t it be great to see someone buy Villa Fiori and bring it back to its former glory? Anyone out there???
It looks as if some of the other trees are being trimmed too.
The annual art competition organised by Borgo degli Artisti will take place in Villa Fiori park on 8th July.
Artists need to be at Villa Fiori at 8.00am ready to start painting. Work must be finished by 4.00pm and the judging will be at 5.30pm.
Lunch will be held in the park at 12.30pm at a cost of €15. You will need to book for this.
There will be art lessons for children.
This is a fun day for everyone and there are generous prizes for winning artists.
For more information call Morena…320 1107330
I walked across the passerella in Ponte a Serraglio bright and early on Saturday morning to the Villa Fiori Park.
The park had been set up to resemble a military camp. Tents, supplies were already there and some vehicles, with more to come.
These are well kept vehicles.
The soldiers looked pretty good too.
I think being involved in a war would be wretched. I would like to think that occasionally in the misery, soldiers might have actually enjoyed a lovely spring day away from battle grounds in a green space like this. It is possible that they did, Bagni di Lucca was heavily involved in the fighting. There is still evidence of the Gothic Line, the most northerly of the defence lines built by the Germans, in the area.
This excellent display was organised by the Ass.ne Linea Gotica della Lucchesia.
This weekend there will be an event at Villa Fiori park in Ponte a Serraglio…memories of the war, by the Linea Gottica Association. A documentary about the Lucca area in WWII will be shown at the casino at 6.00pm on Saturday.
I don’t have a lot of information other than the poster, but it should be interesting.
Sunday was hot at Ponte a Serraglio, but it didn’t stop lots of artists to gather to take part in the art competition in the Villa Fiori park.
I wasn’t there, but my friends Moe and Liz took some photos to share. There are also some by local photographers Valerio Ceccarelli and Domenico Bertuccelli.
Artists found a cool spot where they could.
My friend Moe had a great vantage point on my balcony.
The standard was excellent.
There was music and dancing.
These were the first 3 prizes awarded…I think 3rd and 4th and 5th.
This is the second prize.
This is the winner.
Congratulations to everyone involved for a successful day at Ponte a Serraglio.
A team of people has cleaned the shallow pool and the overgrown area beside Villa Fiori.
The lovely diver will now be visible again. Perhaps she will be the subject for some of the artists who will gather for the art competition on the weekend.
Thank you to the group of people involved.
There is a neglected magnolia in the neglected car park of the neglected Villa Fiori. It still manages to look beautiful.
With a bit of luck a buyer will turn up in April when the building goes on sale.
