Villa Marchese de’ Fabris is the splendid mansion dating from the late 17th century, built at the behest of Marquis Ottavio de’ Fabris on the occasion of his marriage to Countess Savorgnan.
An enchanting, charming and cozy villa, surrounded by the green Gorizia countryside and its lush vineyards, offers a splendid glimpse for the visitor to abduct his gaze and take him to a rarefied dimension, rich in suggestion and elegance.
The Italian Garden envelops the visitor with its centuries-old trees, rose gardens and central fountain. In front is the central body embellished with a double stone staircase and around it the buildings of the property with the consecrated chapel dedicated to St. Anthony with a wooden altar of Hungarian workmanship to the side.
Below the staircase is a wide porch that houses a mosaic with the family coat of arms.
Climbing the outside stairs leads to the ballroom with light and dark gray Venetian seminato floor, the walls decorated in gradations of antique pink with precious white stucco and an antique portrait of the King of Poland.
At the outbreak of World War I, the villa came to be on the front line of the Isonzo; in October 1915 the building was almost completely destroyed, losing all interior furnishings, and in 1916 quickly rebuilt by the Italian Army, which made a military hospital.
After the defeat at Caporetto, in October 1917, and until the conclusion of the war, thus for an entire year, the villa was used by the Austro-Hungarian army always as a military hospital, as evidenced by an inscription on the wooden altar of the villa’s chapel, which recalls how the Imperial and Royal Reserve Hospital of Csáktornya (present-day Cakovec) was transferred from Hungary to Begliano, where it remained at the disposal of the wounded of the Piave.
Over time, its structure has undergone several mutations to its present one, with numerous rooms, a ballroom, a very large wine cellar, a valuable portico, the consecrated little church, a large front garden, and an Italian garden at the back, adjacent to a vineyard.