The first acknowledgement of
the Villa is found in 1646 as the property of Archdeacon Giovanni
Tegrimi. In 1682 Francesco, son of Giovanni Tegrimi, sold the property
to Sebastiano Federigo Orsucci, son of the late Coriolano Orsucci,
nobleman of Lucca.
Works on the building started in the middle of the XVIII century
and went on until 1781 and it became what we see today. The Villa
remained in the hands of the Orsucci family up to 1836, when the
property was bought by H.H. Carolina Bonaparte, Countess of Lipona,
widow of Gioacchino Murat, once king of Naples.
The Villa was sold by the Murat heirs in the year 1840 to Baron
Costantino Tossizza and later his heirs Tossizza sold it to Pietro
Zanardi who owned the place up to 1899, when the Villa was acquired
by the Orlando family, owners to the present day.
The two paintings of great size that hang in the hall, one of
which depicts the Rape of the Sabine, the second Orazio Coclite
at the Bridge, are considered to be the work of the painter Vincenzo
Dandini, who also painted the two big pictures in the hall of Villa
Torrigiani in Camigliano.
As it has been hinted earlier, the Villa acquired its present status
through the care of three generations of the noble family Orsucci
. A memorial tablet can still be found on the villa’s back
façade to remind us of the imposing work. These are the words
carved in stone:
"VILLAM CORIOLANO ORSUCCIO F.L. EXTRUCTAM.
CAROLUS FILIUS AUXIT
LAURENTIUS NEPOS PERFECIT. ANNO MDCCLXXXI"
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