The villa, accessible via a wide staircase, is structured on three levels, the basement and the warehouse, on a total surface of 1.435 square yards; it is surrounded by a 10-acre park built on different levels and crossed by several paths along many spectacular flower beds.
The central lawn is dominated on the right by four large palm trees and a silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa) from South America.

Today, the large patches of mimosas (Acacia dealbata), which once grew abundantly, have been greatly reduced in their number, giving more prominence to the pink and red blooms of roses, camellias, and other ornamental species growing in the park. A path winds from a pergola and leads to an elegant wrought-iron gazebo, preceded by two statues of lions.

There are also two other statues of female figures, respectively representing an allegory of Spring, and Diana, the goddess of hunting. Until the Second World War, the villa was used by the Counts Arborio Mella, friends of the Savoy family, as a meeting place for the local aristocracy.
Today, it is owned by the Sassari Industrialists’ Association, which organizes conferences and cultural meetings.

Photographs by Franca Mascolo

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