The building, built in the 16th century, belonged to a Paduan branch of the Badoer family. The villa stands right in the middle of the agricultural estate, on the top of Mount delle Monache: because of this feature of isolation, it has been legendarily indicated as one of the residences inhabited by Foscolo during the period he spent on the Euganean Hills, in which he wrote the "Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis"; instead, it is likely that it owes such a position to its primal function as a hunting lodge.
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