Villa Barcaroli

Not far from the town of Controguerra, in the Palombaia district (formerly Palombare), is the complex of Villa Barcaroli, an ancient stately home that belonged to the family of notables of Counter-Guerrese origins, whose existence has been ascertained in the town since the first half of the 19th century. eighteenth century.

The villa today looks like a typical 19th-century manor house, but the first nucleus of the building is probably older. Since the district was already known as Palombare in the seventeenth century, it is possible that the villa already existed at that time and that it then gave its name to the area. In fact, the palombaia, or palombara, is a typical rural house that is very common in Teramo.

Between the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the Barcaroli family's main residence, it was the site of their farm, one of the first to bottle wine in the country, until then sold in bulk and in barrels.