The original nucleus of the building can be traced
back to the XV century, when it was the Parenti family's "palace".
The
small frescoed tabernacle depicting the crucifixion, located in the main
hall, and the grand fireplace bearing the stem of the Bellacci family
belong to the same period.
The villa was later owned by various
families: the Mazzei, the Pratesi and, from 1760, the Perini. The
Neo-Gothic style architectural features - including the tower that gives
the villa its name - were added in the years between the end of the
nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.
At the end of the
nineteenth century, the celebrated painter and engraver Arnold Böcklin
used the villa as his residence in Fiesole, before acquiring, in 1895,
Villa Bellagio. Located only a few hundred metres
from Villa La Torrossa, Villa Bellagio became his definitive residence
and is known today as Villa Böcklin.
During the mid 1930s, the villa
became the residence of the Chilean scupltor Rebeca Matte Inhiguez, who
used the large building behind the villa as her workshop. Various works
by Matte, in particular copies of famous classical sculptures, can still
be seen in the grounds: a copy of the "Nike of Samothrace", the famous
Greek sculpture now displayed at the Louvre, dominates the garden from
above.
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