Villa San Marco (Merano)
The Villa San Marco , originally called the Schwalbenvilla , is a listed building at Franz-Innerhofer-Straße 1 in the Untermais district of Merano . The villa was built in 1894/95 according to plans by the Viennese architect Alexander Graf for Rosa Lohner (1840–1910), wife of the Viennese entrepreneur Jacob Lohner (1821–1892), as a home in the local style. It is surrounded by a large triangular garden, which borders a street on all three sides. Since 1993 the villa has been the seat of the Academy of German-Italian Studies .
history
By the end of the 19th century, Merano was already a spa town known throughout Europe , and a large number of villas were built in the various parts of the city. This also included the Schwalbenvilla.
After Rosa Lohner's death in 1910, the villa was bought by Paul Förstemann from Alt-Geltow , who lived in it with his wife Klara Förstemann until his early death in 1911. After the annexation of South Tyrol by Italy in 1919, the house was taken over by the Opera Nazionale Combattenti in 1927 . In 1930 it became state property and was then inhabited for decades by employees of the state water authority. It was placed under protection in 1981. Since 1993 it has been the seat of the Academy of German-Italian Studies.
architecture
The building consists of a basement , a mezzanine floor and a loft and is asymmetrical in terms of its floor plan and elevation . It is covered by interlocking hipped roofs. Dormer windows , raised chimneys and the wrought iron weather vane enrich the design.
The main facade of the villa is the south facade, with a half-timbered veranda on the central projection . The west facade facing the entrance gate also has a central projection on which a wooden balcony rests. The entrance is on the east side.
Through the diverse uses of dark brown painted wood for the various half-timbered applications and frameworks as well as the window frames, the building has the character of a country house in the Swiss or Heimat style, as can be found in many places in the Central Alps .
bibliography
- Anna Pixner Pertoll: Built in the light, the Merano villas . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-88-7283-355-1 .
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ↑ Still in the address book of the health resort Meran (Meran, Obermais, Untermais, Gratsch), as well as the municipalities of the political district Meran with the judicial districts Meran, Lana, Passeier and the Markte Schlanders 10. 1921, p. 36 the " Schwalbenvilla " appears under her then address Valeriestraße 7 (owner: Klara Förstemann); also in the Alpenzeitung of February 24, 1927 as Schwalbenvilla (address now: Grabmayrstrasse 7).
- ↑ Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- ↑ Bozner Nachrichten , November 8, 1911, p. 4 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 0.7 " N , 11 ° 9 ′ 55.3" E