Montevecchio Isolani

The Montevecchio Isolani Estate surrounds the senatorial Palazzo Isolani, built in the mid-sixteenth century by the senatorial Casali family on the property bought on April, the 20th, 1456, as testified in the notarial deed still kept in the Isolani Archive. In the same document is mentioned the existence of vineyards in the property. The palazzo includes a tower dating to the XI century, originally part of the large defensive system of towers and buildings around Bologna.
In the XVIII century the illustrious mathematician senator marchese Gregorio Filippo Maria Casali, last of his family, bequeathed Montevecchio to the senatorial family of his son in law, the Isolani.
The estate became a renowned holiday resort, thanks to its “fine air” as Calindri calls it in 1782,and to its wonderful panoramas, extending from the Alps to the Comacchio Valleys on the Adriatic Sea. Much appreciated were also its natural products, first of all an excellent wine that is still made and kept in the old cellars dug under the palace during the XVI century.