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Villa Malenchini is a prestigious villa of Parma built in the 16^th century by the Marquees Lampugnani and refurbished in the 18^th century.
Towards the Southern part, in the Felino direction, the park extends itself for 15 hectares. It has a romantic style and the count Fortuny Malenchini Raggio, who bought the villa in 1895,  had it realised.
In the hills directions, a straight central paths with Populus nigra, a length of 1,500 meters and flanked by hedges cut alternatively  in the shape of cubic hemispheres, connects the villa to the park.
The park hosts numerous centuries-old plants, such as oaks, hornbeams, ashes, alders, chestnut trees, lindens, plane trees, cedar trees, sofora , firs and paulownia.
There is also a noble chapel, a spring made of fake stone, a neo-baroque nymphaeum and a wavy line lake with a small castle on an island, which is a reproduction of Fontanellato’s stronghold.

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