Fattoria Paradiso, former Castello Ugarte Lovatelli, stands on a hilly knoll alongside the medieval Bertinoro.
Ancient documents indicate its origin in the fifteenth century, although the Roman period can not be excluded. The location of the hill overlooking the Via Emilia, in effect, together with time vestiges returned by the soil that now houses the Molino Vine, lead us to consider them a strategic vantage point of observation of the wagons in transit on the Consular and the seat of country villas of the period.
The villa and adjoining land, owned by the Countess Gabriella Ugarte Lovatelli, the last heir of the namesake patrician family, was purchased by the Pezzi family, at the end of the nineteenth century.
The ancient dwelling is related to the birth of Marco Palmezzano, a disciple of Melozzo da Forlì. This is confirmed by the initials of the M.P. master (symbolic and surprising coincidence with those of Mario Pezzi) carved on the stone pediment of the monumental chimney of the apartment that Fattoria Paradiso offers to its distinguished guests.
We like to remember, among others, the sculptor Giacomo MANZU, the American Ambassador Dina LUCE, the writer Julien GREEN, the Nobel laureate Dario FO, the writer and poet Anthony BURGESS, the actor Danny KEY, the Russian astronaut Valentina TERESKOVA, and the American Karhin THORTON, and countless characters of art, culture, theater, film, politics.
These people, and the frequent succession of dinners, round tables, conferences, concerts and events of various culture, that the Pezzi family has always elegantly housed in environments of great distinction and accommodation skillfulness, have made Fattoria Paradiso meritorious of the title
of Cultural Lounge of Romagna.
