Villa La Versiliana

The villa is located within the large Versiliana Park which is the residual part of the ancient forest known as the Macchia di Marina, which it extended over the entire coast and was owned by the Captaincy of Pietrasanta, which took care of its protection and used its timber resources on its own or on behalf of the grand ducal government. At the end of the 18th century the forest was divided into farms to be granted to private individuals. During the nineteenth century, the Digerini Nuti counts, owners of some plots, created a vast noble estate; in 1886 the villa was built, called La Versiliana by the writer Renato Fucini, often a guest of the owners. In 1902 Gabriele D'Annunzio stayed there and composed the opera The Rain in the Pineto. At the time the estate was an agricultural and forestry complex, crossed by a dense network of geometrically designed paths. The cultivation of stone pine was practiced for the production of timber and pine nuts. In 1980 the estate was purchased by the Municipality of Pietrasanta and used as a public park. In the spaces adjacent to the villa the areas for carrying out the activities of the La Versiliana Festival are set up, which has been held in the summer for many years with great success among the public and now consolidated fame at a national level.