The Paths

The design and the imprint made on the natural setting of the large gardens of the villa de Probizer has its roots in the fascinating history of its birth through the will of a brillian Roveretan Giuseppe Antonio Bridi, a figure typical of the 18th Century intellectuals, who combined the sharp wit of a businessman with cultural interests, being himself a singer and member of Freemasonry where all important themes of enlightenment, philosophy, literatire and art were debated.

In this cultural climate of deep faith in knowledge, and to honor the friendship that bound him and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bridi conceived the garden around the villa as a path of discovery where to interpret philosophy and the concept that music and the homage to Mozart reprsented the key to their comprehension.

The 18th Century artifcats which are found throughout the garden represent symbolic steps or degrees of knowledge toward moral and spiritual elevation.

The Temple of Harmony, represents the apex of perfection of philisophical meditation and literary reflection.  The contemplation of natural beauty is side by side with the aura of death which is evoked by the Cenotaph dedicated to Mozart, the monument dedicated to the parents, and the grotto, a humanistic chamber made of tufo stone which has a pyramid shaped skylight in the ceiling.

The grotto represents a link between the woodsy and wild part of the garden and the well-ordered and organized one, thus symbolizing the passage from darnkness to enlightenment.

The Rovina represents the ascent from earth to heaven, which is symbolized by the its steep stairway.

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