Vila Vipolže tells a story in the heart of the Slavic, Germanic and Romanic worlds.
Vila Vipolže tells a story in the heart of the Slavic, Germanic and Romanic worlds.
The identity of the Brda region, a land of invigorating moments, has been carved by both international winds and homeland soil. The village of Vipolže is known for two mansions, the smaller one in the upper part of the village and the older one in the eastern part of the village, which is the current Vipolže Villa.
Vila Vipolže was initially a hunters' lodge of the Counts of Gorizia and was used for a long time for summer vacations. The subsequent owners were the noblemen of the families Herberstein, Della Torre, Attems and Teuffenbach. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the mansion experienced the war between the Emperors and the Venetians. The latter renovated the mansion in the first half of the 17th century,making it an exquisite Renaissance villa in a rectangular form, with two angular towers leaning against it and with Venetian décor. The owners used it as summer residence with a magnificent park embellished by a Baroque fountain.
Vila Vipolže was not spared during the two World Wars, and in 1948 it was also struck by fire. The sleeping beauty occasionally hosted events and wine festivals on the newly built dance floor. Now the construction scaffolds have fallen. The Vipolže Villa has awakened. A true cosmopolitan that has opened for the first time as the new regional cultural congress centre.
