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Villa Stucky was built by order of the Countess of Durfort at the beginning of the last century.
The noblewoman, who loved nature, wanted to encircle the building with a beautiful English garden and a small wood.
After her death in 1931, Villa Stucky passed to family Dalla Vida, who asked architect Negrin to enlarge the wood, in order to obtain a suitably undulating ground and a beautiful park.
At the beginning of 1900, the building was bought by a Swiss family, the Stuckys, who were also the owners of the famous Venetian Mills.
They decided to pull down the old Villa to build up the present building which is characterized by its typical Central-European lines, completely different from the simple and severe lines of Venetian villas.
In the Eastern part of the Villa, there is a pavilion for the stable and the staff lodging.
In 1917 the Villa became the head office of the " Comando of the Third Army" and recently a memorial tablet was erected to remind that it was in the Villa's rooms that the counter attack and the plans of the victorious final attack on the river Piave were worked out.
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