지역 마리나 프로테타 세체 델라 멜로리아 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

Beautiful pathway away from traffic

Please take into account that it is very technical and some roads are closed.

The monument was dedicated to COSTANZO CIANO, and not to Edda Mussolini, daughter-in-law of Costanzo Ciano

From here you can also see the Apuan Alps

Presence of water fountain

The origin of the Kotzian family is variously attributed: Moravia, Austria, Switzerland, Armenia. The fact is that its Italian founder, Agostino Kotzian, had moved from Brno to Livorno with his family at the beginning of the nineteenth century and, enrolled in the Dutch-German "Nation", had started a thriving commercial enterprise, later specialized in carpets and fine fabrics, which lasted until almost the end of the millennium. Among the various merits that earned him a noble recognition, in addition to the entrepreneurial ones, he also had that of having contributed to the financing of one of the first Italian railways, the "Leopolda" that connected Florence with Livorno.

Nineteenth-century villa with large park, surrounded by greenery. It is located on the corner of via delle Vignacce and via della Lecceta with the entrance gate at via delle Vignacce 1. The manor house, built in 1845, passed towards the end of the century with the rest of the property (including a farmhouse, a large park and cultivated land) to the Kotzian family (from which it takes its name). The villa was used by the family as a summer residence; given its panoramic position on the Montenero hill facing the sea, it was also named "Villa Miramare" by the owner, as a marble plaque on the old entrance gate on via della Lecceta at number 11 recalls. It changed owners several times; during the Second World War it was occupied by the Germans, but some rooms hosted families of displaced people, including that of the famous tenor Galliano Masini. The villa, with two floors above ground, has an imposing structure but no external decorative elements; the main facade, facing the city, has two rows of windows, simple on the ground floor and with frames on the first floor. The attic rooms housed the servants' quarters, while a small farmhouse still included in the old property was used as a dwelling for the farmers and as a carriage house. In front of the rear facade overlooking Via delle Vignacce, there is a terrace used as a skating rink with two lateral wrought iron staircases. Given the predominantly rural character of the house, there are no decorations or furnishings of particular historical and artistic interest in the interior rooms. The original grit floors and the old beamed and raftered ceilings have been preserved. The park surrounding the villa originally descended in steps, with a wide view towards the coast of Antignano; but currently a row of tall holm oaks closes the horizon towards the sea. Much of the property is maintained as a forest of holm oaks, pines and oaks.

Beautiful view of the city, the sea and the islands from the Ciano Monument