Volte Alte
The cortile at Volte Alte in the evening, with the well, the piano and the audience seen from behind

Arts and culture

Given back to Siena

Exhibitions, concerts, talks, courses, Christmas markets and themed dinners: the villa is open to associations, institutions and anyone with a project.

When Ga.Vi was granted the concession for the villa in 2023, the aim was to make it a place for art, culture and gatherings as well. The villa reopened in the spring of 2025, and since then we have hosted the FAI Autumn Days, the four sculptures by Alberto Inglesi in the park, the photographs of Giorgia Ceccotti and a piano concert in the cortile.

For your project we provide the spaces and the assistance for sound and video, and we can put you in touch with the catering and music suppliers we work with.

What we host

Exhibitions, concerts and courses

  1. A sculpture by Alberto Inglesi, an archangel with blue wings, on the lawn at Volte Alte

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    The exhibition

    The first-floor rooms, the gallery and the park. In June 2026 we opened an exhibition of sculptures by Alberto Inglesi and, at the end of the same month, one of photographs by Giorgia Ceccotti. As the walls are five centuries old, before the installation we will decide together with you how to hang the works and where to place them.

    A vault at Volte Alte seen from below, with grotesques and a painted medallion
  2. A concert in the lit-up cortile at Volte Alte, with the audience seen from behind

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    The concert and the talk

    In the cortile, with the audience seated under the arches and on the terrace in front of the façade as well. At the end of July we hosted a concert here with a grand piano in the middle. For a talk, a presentation or a reading, the first-floor rooms or the cortile are well suited.

    A grand piano in the cortile at Volte Alte, beneath the arches, before the concert
  3. Two hands leafing through old drawings of the villa on a wooden table

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    The course and the workshop

    Around the long table for a course for just a few people, in the gallery or on the lawn for a larger group, even for a whole day.

    An antique bookcase standing open, full of books, in a room at Volte Alte
  4. A room at Volte Alte in winter, with the fire lit and candles on the table

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    The Christmas market and the themed dinner

    The stalls under the loggiato, under cover, and in the arcaded cortile. For the themed dinner, in winter, we lay the table in the room with the fire lit or under the vaults of the gallery.

    Beneath the loggiato at Volte Alte: metal armchairs, the stone portal and the inscription on the wall
  5. The first-floor gallery at Volte Alte, with its arches, ochre vaults and terracotta floor

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    The visits

    We have opened the villa to visits as well. During the FAI Autumn Days of 2025 visitors came into the rooms and into the church of San Bartolomeo, and on 25 October Mario Tassoni gave a talk on Baldassarre Peruzzi and the villa as part of Sovicille delle Meraviglie.

    The façade of the church of San Bartolomeo alle Volte, with its stone portal and white flowers

It happened here

The events we have hosted since the autumn of 2025

A concert in the lit-up cortile at Volte Alte, with the audience seen from behind
27 July 2026

The concert in the cortile

A piano concert in the cortile, with the audience on the terrace in front of the façade as well.

 The first-floor gallery at Volte Alte, with its arches, ochre vaults and terracotta floor
26 June 2026

Todo es Colorido

Giorgia Ceccotti’s photographs from San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

 A sculpture by Alberto Inglesi, an archangel with blue wings, on the lawn at Volte Alte
11 June 2026

Custodi della Luce

The exhibition of Alberto Inglesi’s four sculptures in the park.

 A room at Volte Alte in winter, with the fire lit and candles on the table
14 December 2025

The Accademia Nazionale della Cucina Italiana

A gathering of the Accademia at the villa, in mid-December.

 A room at Volte Alte with frescoed vaults, velvet sofas and a low table
11 November 2025

National Palliative Care Day

The villa hosted National Palliative Care Day.

 A vault at Volte Alte seen from below, with grotesques and a painted medallion
25 October 2025

Sovicille delle Meraviglie

Mario Tassoni gave a talk on Baldassarre Peruzzi and the villa as part of the Sovicille delle Meraviglie programme.

 A Latin inscription carved in marble beneath the loggiato at Volte Alte
11 and 12 October 2025

The FAI Autumn Days

Two days of visits to the villa and the church of San Bartolomeo.

Past events

Proposing a project

Telling us about your idea

Write to us at info@voltealte.com with a short description of the idea, the dates you have in mind and the number of people, or call us on +39 0577 179 61 00: we will be glad to talk it over and tell you in which spaces of the villa we can host it.