At the top of the Montemerlo Hill, stands Villa Serenella, built in the early 19th century on the commission of the famous soprano singer Gaspare Pacchierotti (1740 – 1821); now owned by the Sacerdoti family, peeking through the vegetation of the eleven-hectare park, it offers visitors a unique scenic display.
The building, with its false castle-like appearance and its particular and characteristic splendid example of neo-Gothic style, dominates the entire surrounding plain with its turreted facades embellished with pinnacles and battlements. The villa is immersed in a large English-style park adorned with two towers, one of which is used as a dovecote. The villa can be accessed via an ascent marked by statues, columns, Gothic arches, and balustrades.
Unique and particular, and above all unknown, is the presence of one of the Lion of Saint Mark symbols of Venice embedded like a precious stone in one of the walls of the residence. The sculpture, originating from one of the gates of Padua, is one of the few surviving examples that escaped the destruction carried out by the French in the second half of the 18th century during the fall of the Most Serene Republic of Venice.
The villa is not open to visitors.
