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CASTELLO GIOL P.zza Papadopoli, 2 San Polo di Piave TV - Italia 0422 855033 - www.castellogiol.it THE PROJECT FOR THE CASTLE THE PAPADOPOLI COUNTS dal 1192 AND THE ENGLISH-STYLE PARK The Papadopoli family were originally GIOL CASTLE wealthy merchants from the island In 1850, Bagnara designed a square of Corfu. THE ORIGINS building in neo-Gothic Venetian At the end of the eighteenth century, style in San Polo, with a crenelated having moved to , they founded a tower on each corner and set in a trading company and in 1821 were accepted into the Venetian nobility. In park of more than 12 hectares. 1814, Count Angelo Antonio bought the In 1859, Count Spiridione died intestate land belonging to the former San Polo In 1192, the Patriarchs had a fortress built and all his worldly goods passed into the estate from the Vivante family. His son here for defence purposes and since then hands of his cousins, the brothers Nicolò Spiridione however was the one who had the name “castle” was to be for centuries and Angelo Papadopoli. the first modest building constructed in linked to the site of this early fortalice. Nicolò, a Senator of the Kingdom, 1850, later enlarged by his cousin Nicolò. illuminated industrialist and great patron, In March 1919, Papadopoli Castle became In 1427, the Venetian Republic had always nourished considerable the property of Giovanni Giol, whose first repaid the war efforts of its Captain interest in the San Polo estate. In 1888, he step was to repair the serious damage General Nicolò Mauruzzi da Tolenti- commissioned a project for extension and that had occurred during World War One. no with the promise of ownership of refurbishment of the castle to the the San Polo estate. engineer and architect Giovanni Battista Unfortunately, Nicolò died in battle without ever enjoying the property granted to him. Ferrante from Turin, said to be responsi- It was assigned to his son Cristoforo who had also distinguished himself in the eyes ble for the addition of the two wings and of the Serenissima Republic. adaptation to the English inspired GIOVANNI GIOL In 1503, the noble family of the Gabrieli counts came into possession of the San Polo neo-Gothic style, which was so estate through an arranged marriage with the daughters of Lancillotto da Tolentino fashionable during the Gothic revival era. Born in 1866 in Vigonovo di Fontana- fredda in the province of Pordenone, and governed it for the entire Napoleonic After World War One, the castle was period. When, in 1805, the last Count Gabrieli, Giovanni Giol emigrated to the restored in 1920 by Commendator Mendoza region of Argentina in 1887. Angelo Maria, died intestate, the property and Giovanni Giol. grounds first passed into the hands of the In 1896, he teamed up with Gargantini, who had emigrated in 1883 from treasury of the new Kingdom of and The park today fortunately retains were then purchased by the Vivante brothers. Canton Ticino and they set up Giol y almost all its original beauty. Gargantini. The new style of English garden was In just 13 years, the company’s wine no longer a venue for parties and production went from 4 million litres THE CASTLE AND THE PARK TODAY gatherings with lots of people. Visitors in 1898 to 42 million in 1911. were to be guided in a more delicate The impressive bulk of the building The various estates covered 8,850 manner in discovery of its real hidden hectares of land and the wine was immediately strikes the eye of the beholder, treasure: nature. who is given the impression of travelled stored in large cellars linked to each back in time to the middle ages, thanks to Bagnara opted for irregularity other by overhead wine-ducts. its tall crenelated towers with their bow and unexpected asymme- In March 1919, Giol picked the right windows, chimneys disguis