La Fattoria – Perugia – Italy

Brief History of the Hotel La Fattoria

At the beginning of the 17th century a stronghold was built on the ruins of the Castle of the Barbarian Arrigo. Its function was to guard  the entire valley of Perugia.

In the following centuries, the manor house of Castel Rigone and Pian di Marte was built here. Later this narrow and dark place, which was unassailable at that time, became a prosperous farm (in Italian: Fattoria) where nobles and counts stayed while spending their holidays in Umbria or passing through. The  Grand Master (Gran Maestro dei Cavalieri), who loved one room in particular, also used to sleep here.

Over the years different administrators followed one another until the 60s, when a young farm manager, who had already worked at the Castle of the Knights of Malta in Magione, was entrusted with the administration of the manor. His name was Aldo Pammelati and he grew so fond of this place that he refused to sell the manor house when entrusted with the sale of the entire estate. He sold all the lands but kept the manor house, which everybody called “La Fattoria”.