Finished in 1542 for the Venetian Cavazza family and rebuilt by the Querini in 1720, one of the oldest villas of western Friuli — with statues beheaded by the occupying army in the First World War still standing before it.
At a glance
- Type
- Venetian villa, part now a historic residence
- Where
- Visinale, Pasiano di Pordenone, Province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Coordinates
- 45.8846947° N, 12.6113123° E
- Completed
- 1542, for the Cavazza family of Venice
- Rebuilt
- 1720, by the Querini
- Restoration completed
- 2017, under the regional Soprintendenza
- Listed
- Catalogue of the Istituto Regionale Ville Venete
Overview
Villa Cavazza Querini, known as Cà Settecento, stands at Visinale, in the comune of Pasiano di Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is one of the oldest villas of western Friuli: it was completed in 1542 at the wish of the important Venetian family of the Cavazza.
In the middle of the seventeenth century the property passed to the Querini, a patrician family of Venice belonging to the group of houses said to have been present at the founding of the Republic.
History
In 1720 the villa was wholly rebuilt and enlarged by the Querini. Their work gave it the form it has now: the front was altered to make it more monumental, the west wing was enlarged in the eighteenth century and the east wing in the nineteenth, and a small church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul was built, carrying a frescoed sundial.
The house later belonged to the family of Commendatore A. d’Agostino, an economist and banker, who kept it until the early years of the twenty-first century. Over time it was frequented by figures of the day, friends of the owners. Tradition has it that Gabriele D’Annunzio stayed here and coined the motto Eia, eia, alalà during his flying exploits — a tradition the archive reports as such, without documentary support.
More recently the Sanarica family took over the west wing and turned it into a historic residence, bringing back into use a part of the villa that had stood empty for years. The restoration was completed in 2017 under the supervision of the Soprintendenza delle Belle Arti of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, recovering all three floors.
What you see
The whole villa is enclosed by a boundary wall set with fine eighteenth-century statues.
In front of the house stand, as a memorial, several statues beheaded by German troops during the occupation of the First World War.
Practical information
- Address: Via Visinale di Sotto 9, 33087 Pasiano di Pordenone (PN), Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- Part of the villa is a private residence and part a guesthouse: access is by arrangement.
Sources
- Cultural Heritage Online historical archive — original Italian entry (beniculturalionline.it), transposed and corrected 2026.
- Catalogue of the Istituto Regionale Ville Venete, as recorded in the archive entry.
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