Events & Routes Homes that enclose worlds

Summer is drawing to a close, butautumn is the month for trips between the countryside and art cities to discover museums or unimagined sights.
Our proposal is for three different “houses” that encapsulate worlds and excellently tell the story of the past of the city that houses them.

Rome

The first proposal is Roman and is related toancient Rome. In the city center, in front of the Forum Trajan, stands the Valentini Palace, of18th-century layout, in the basement of which, since 2005, an important archaeological site has been discovered called the Roman Domus of Palazzo Valentini. The area, which covers 1,800 square meters, includes three archaeological zones: the representative rooms of the Domus, where the master of the house received guests; the sector of the Baths; and the remains of a public building, perhaps a temple. You will be able to immerse yourself in the climate of the time thanks to the original artifacts and innovative immersive multimedia technologies.

Florence

You take a plunge into the Middle Ages in Florence by entering the Davanzati Palace, a few minutes’ walk from Piazza della Signoria. This building is a rare example of a medieval Florentine private residence. The palace was built in the 14th century by a family of Florentine bankers, the Davizzi, and later passed to the Davanzati family. In the early 20th century it was transformed by Elia Volpi, an art dealer, antiquarian and painter, “into the living testimony of the life and comforts of the ancient noble families.” Walking from room to room you will be able to relive the atmosphere of an aristocratic residence of the medieval period.

Venice

Instead, you are projected into the eighteenth century if you move to Venice, where we suggest you include the following in your tour itinerary Ca’ Rezzonico. The palace is located in the Dorsoduro Sestiere and overlooks the Grand Canal. It has housed illustrious Venetian families and was completed in 1758 by the Rezzonico family itself. Today it is an ambient museum; it houses paintings and artistic works of the period, furniture, objects of daily life as well as frescoes or canvases from other city palaces. The visit will give you the opportunity to walk through the rooms of a sumptuous Venetian mansion from the 1700s.

The Waldensian Diaconia Houses

Le Waldensian Homes are present in Rome, Florence e Venice. The three-star hotel and the two vacation homes share an enviable location in the city center but not exactly on the routes of mass tourism.

The buildings that house them have their own charm. They have interesting stories to tell and a common thread from the past that brings us overwhelmingly back to current events and the daily engagement of the Waldensian Diaconia,“which places at the center of its work the rights and dignity of human beings and their accompaniment in paths of emancipation, liberation from suffering and injustice, proposing the courage of change, openness to the new and the desire to experiment.” Again, we can well speak of houses enclosing worlds.