'Delizie' the Este villas
These monumental residences, once immersed in isolated countryside, surprise tourists. Once upon a time, they had a strategic role in the Estense government.
“The residences of the Dukes of Este in the Po Delta area perfectly visualize the Renaissance culture effects on a natural landscape”. For this reason, UNESCO recognizes this system of family villas and surrounding landscape as the connection knot between Ferrara, city of the Renaissance, and its territory, up to the Po Delta.
The Este Family focused on the construction of roads, canals and villages: the knots of this magnificent network were the so-called “Delizie”. Their name recalls mythical places, where loves, betrayals and tournaments used to take place.
The “Delizie” also welcomed the itinerant court, and they had a strategic role in land reclamation, because of their position between land and water.
