The "Villa di Catignano"
was built at the end of XVII° century by the ancestor
of the currents proprietors, Quinto Settano, pseudonym
of Monsignor Lodovico Sergardi, a writer
and a lover of the arts. The small borough already existed
in 1500 with the name of "Clatinianum"
as a property of Sergardi family. Nowadays the Villa,
overlooking a beautiful italian garden, decorated with
statues representing the four season, and the medievaltowers
of Siena in the distance, welcomes guests who appreciate
historical sites and suggestive atmospheres. The Villa
is divided into large apartments, the
most suggestive ones can be reached walking through
the large entrance hall dominated by the coat of arms
of the Sergardi family and their motto "Expertus
fidelem". Guests will appreciate lemon
trees, vases of geraniums all around the Villa and the
Arcadian atmosphere wich has been for centuries a frame
to the tradition of a family of notaries and lovers
of letters and arts. We are certain that the peace and
serenity of this ensemble will remain with them forever. |
