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North of Verona, facing east from a gentle slope and surrounded by a forest of oak trees, Villa Arvedi is remarkable for its monumental magnificence. The current building dates back to the mid-XVII century and makes use of the great stylistic features of the Baroque period. At the rear, an imposing semi-circular containing wall is decorated with niches and topped with an ornate balustrade.

The Chapel of San Carlo stands at the end of this view. A backdrop of cypress trees and Lebanon cedars blends into the surrounding olive groves. At the front of the villa, space for a sumptuous garden has been created by regulating the slope of the land with terraces. Enclosed by low walls, the garden’s only function is to provide sophisticated aesthetic enjoyment for the villa. The view to the north is blocked by the main body of the villa that houses a complex of caves; these have been partially hollowed out of the hillside and lined with shells and stalactites.

The complex design of the parterre de broderie, with its Baroque curves, dates back to the seventeenth century, in keeping with the taste for French-style gardens, while the large boxwoods of the central axis are some of the rare surviving examples of the original planting.

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