Villa Bellavista

Purchased between 1938 and 1939 by the Opera Nazionale Sovvenzioni
Antincendi - an organization with welfare functions of the National Fire Brigade Corps - the Villa was initially intended as a Rest Home
for the Fire Brigade personnel, then as a Summer Camp for the children of Fire Brigades from all over Italy.
Following the events of the Second World War, the
real estate complex was first declared a permanent colony, then used
as a Military Hospital for German troops and, later,
American troops. After the war, demanding
adaptation work was carried out to accommodate a large community of
war orphans, children of Fire Brigades.
The noble institution, inaugurated in 1950, received authoritative
Italian and foreign recognition for its excellent organization and
management; but, later, having lost the social
purposes for which it was created, it had to close in 1968.

A stately building that is already showing its age.But you can still feel the charm of a bygone era!👍