The villa is at a distance of 15 km from Modena on the left bank of the Panaro river and, together with twelve more villas, forms a sort of Brenta’s coast in the Modena territory; this area (in the surroundings of Bomporto) is renowned for the Parmesan, the balsamic vinegar and especially for the Sorbara lambrusco.

The land and the settlements were part of the huge real estate that in the Middle Ages belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Nonantola.
The Lombard Kings donated these properties to the “August abbey of St. Sylvester of Nonantola” around 750; afterwards Charlemagne, king of Franks, confirmed these rights in 776 and the Abbey maintained all these properties from then until 1936.

The present architectural aspect of Villa Cavazza is due to the conversion realized by the Cavazza family between the end of 1700 and the beginning of 1800.

The Cavazza, the last landlords subject to investiture, descended from a noble Modena family. At the end of 1700 this family greatly enriched with the wheat trade, becoming the supplier of the French armies during the Napoleon’s campaigns in Italy.

The Villa’s original nucleus is very ancient and was certainly much reduced in respect of today; it dates back to the Carolingian organization of the territory based on the “curtes”, a group of walled buildings placed in the centre of large farms.
It seems that the structure has always had the architectonic feature of an enclosed court and that is the reason of the name “Court of the Quadra”: The Quadra is the central building, commonly called by the inhabitants Quadra Palace,Cavazza Palace or Cavazza Villa.

The exhibition Florarte 2007, with its special charm, will take place on the 5th and 7th of May.
See below for a short presentation.

The event FLORARTE 2007 will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 2007.

The third edition of this wonderful event is organised by “Tutt’intorno Arte Company”, in consequence of the great success of its previous editions.
The theme of FLORARTE is “the flower and the plants in the garden and in the art” promoting “the culture of green” with the introduction of sculptures and paintings.
FLORARTE wants to be a prestigious event involving nursery gardeners, garden furniture Companies and artistic and handicraft exhibitions inspired to the nature.

In this way, we intend to enrich the event and to render it interesting and pleasant for the visitors.
The aim of FLORARTE is to promote an annual review of nursery gardeners, paysage architects and artistic products.
The location, Villa Cavazza- Solara di Bomporto (Modena), is an ancient residence among the most impressive and suggestive of this geographical area.
That is why Villa Cavazza is by itself an important historical and cultural monument.

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