Villa di Striano hosts weddings, gala and business dinners, exclusive meetings and concerts for up to 500 guests in its gardens and up to 250 to 300 indoors. The villa stands at Striano, in the Mugello hills above Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence, and is always hired by one event at a time.
Seminars and company events
Companies use the villa for exclusive meetings, incentive dinners, gala evenings and business dinners. The piano nobile offers a sequence of rooms and halls furnished with original 19th-century pieces and paintings, which suit a board meeting as well as a seated dinner. The park adds space for breaks, aperitifs and outdoor sessions. The villa also organizes wine tastings and wine challenges led by experts, cooking courses, classical and opera concerts, exhibitions, fashion shows and photo shoots, which give an incentive program content beyond the meeting itself. Groups of up to 15 can stay overnight. The team handles organization from start to finish with suppliers it has worked with for years.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the villa's main activity. Ceremonies take place outdoors in the gardens, and in the warmer months the banquet is laid out there too, followed by afternoon or evening parties. In poor weather, the interior rooms take receptions for up to 250 guests. The Terrazza degli Artisti is available for aperitifs. The planning service helps couples choose the caterer, table settings, menu and cake, and can add flower centerpieces, candles, fireworks and a cocktail bar for the dance. The couple stays in the bridal suite, and up to 15 guests can sleep in the other rooms.
Rooms and capacities
Smaller rooms take 10 to 50 people and the larger halls 50 to 300. One space seats 220 for dinner. Outdoors, the gardens host events for 20 to 500 people. The Piazzale Belvedere is a wide panoramic terrace overlooking the Mugello valley toward Lake Bilancino.
Catering
Several service formats are offered for lunch and dinner. The caterer, menu and cake are chosen with the villa's planning team.
History and setting
The site was a Roman outpost called Histrianum. The Ubaldini owned it from 1257, and a record of 1290 describes a fortified property with two towers. By the late 17th century it belonged to the Cocchi family of the Mugello, and the Franceschi turned it into a villa with a tower in the 18th century. In 1875 the Florentine painter Michele Gordigiani bought the estate and rebuilt it with the architect Luigi Del Moro, giving it two towers, terraces and loggias; one loggia ceiling was painted by Galileo Chini. Gordigiani's daughter Giulietta, a pianist and singer, received Gabriele D'Annunzio, Eleonora Duse, Arturo Toscanini and Guglielmo Marconi here. Privately owned since 1968, the villa is protected by the heritage authorities and belongs to the Italian historic houses association, ADSI. The English-style park has old trees, grottoes and fountains, and a lemon house.
Getting there
The villa is at Loc. Striano 42, Borgo San Lorenzo, in the Mugello north of Florence. Florence is the nearest city and has the nearest airport.
