Villa Rizzardi
Verona and Valpolicella, Italy
A 19th-century villa above an Italian garden of 54,000 square metres, in the Valpolicella hills near Verona
No. 145 · Autumn 2026
A garden made for spectacle
Villa Rizzardi is a villa in Negrar di Valpolicella with an Italian garden of about 54,000 square metres, an open-air Teatro di Verzura for ceremonies and interiors that seat up to 250 guests.
The estate of Pojega was bought by the counts Rizzardi in 1649. Antonio Rizzardi commissioned the garden in 1783 from Luigi Trezza, and its temple, theatre, walls, galleries and belvedere were built by shaping trees, hedges and water into one stage-like composition.
A villa of two floors
The villa was restored around 1870 to a design by Filippo Messedaglia, in a style that joins baroque, Renaissance and neoclassical elements. Its 1,000 square metres hold rooms of different sizes with tall windows that bring the garden indoors, and the interiors take up to 250 seated guests.
- Where
- Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
- Capacity
- Up to 250 seated guests in the villa interiors
- Ceremony
- Civil ceremonies in the Teatro di Verzura, at the Belvedere or in the garden
- Space
- A villa of 1,000 sqm and a garden of about 54,000 sqm
How the day is held
4 spaces for the day. Up to 250 guests.
Teatro di Verzura
An open-air theatre of clipped hedges, set up for civil ceremonies.
The Belvedere
A stone staircase and balustrade among statues, used for outdoor ceremonies and portraits.
Viale dei Carpini
A hornbeam avenue where long banquet tables are laid for dinner in the evening.
Getting there
- Airport
- Verona, 16 km straight line distance
- Airport
- Bergamo, 98 km straight line distance
The facts
- Catering
- Areas reserved for caterers; marquee area if needed
- Parking
- External parking
- Price
- On enquiry
Villa Rizzardi
Prices on enquiry.
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