Villa Ca' Erizzo

The fifteenth century Villa Erizzo represents a truly picturesque and rich in views architectonic context: infact it houses, in the five great rooms situated at street level, the historical Museum of the Great War whoseexhibition area is formed from 58 great panels, very rich in historical explanation, photos and evidence. Inthe entry room, Hemingway welcomes the visitor with his novels drawn from the Great War: “A Farewell toArms” and “Across the river and into the trees” with rich documentation. Other unique documentation concernsthe participation of the American flyers in the Great War. Their captain was an Italian-American whobecame famous after the war as mayor of New York: Fiorello La Guardia (n.d.t Fiorello the Guard). Moreoverthe complex of the villa houses an ornithological collection, in which there are also great predators and acollection of wild mammals, divided by continent, all prey belonging to the property owner, Dr. Luca.