Villa des Vergers

[1][2] Dating to the 17th century,[1][3] the villa was purchased by Adolphe Noël des Vergers in 1843,[1][4] and substantially redesigned in 1879 by Arthur-Stanislas Diet.

[3] Between 1938 and 1946, it was owned by Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa,[1] who employed Pietro Porcinai to design the villa's gardens.

[3] In 1938, collections from the library were accommodated in the purpose-built Sala des Vergers in Rimini's Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga.

[13][14] In 2007, the villa's degradation, especially that of its chapel and garden, prompted an appeal for public intervention by Riccionese writer Rosita Copioli [it].

[1] In September 2020, Antonio Pappalardo [it], an Italian anti-vaccination politician and former carabinieri general, announced a symposium at the villa to plan the arrest of Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, and form a new national government.

[1] It was substantially redesigned in 1879 by Arthur-Stanislas Diet using Istrian stone, and also features the work of Georges Chedanne [fr].

[22] The property also includes a 1,700-square-metre (18,000 sq ft) farm,[1][19] as well as a citrus orchard, two guardhouses on either side of the entrance gate,[3] three greenhouses, and a belvedere.

[15] On 3 January 1996, the villa was designated a site of considerable landscape interest (Italian: notevole interesse paesaggistico), subjecting it to particular regulations under the Superintendency of Ravenna and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.