“This refuge from cares”
So reads the Latin inscription that Sigismondo Chigi had carved on the façade in 1505. Today the villa, in the hills around Siena, is open for your events for the first time.
The villa
A villa by Baldassarre Peruzzi, built around its cortile
The two wings of the horseshoe plan enclose a cortile with arcades on two storeys, a layout that anticipates the Farnesina in Rome. Beneath the loggiato is the stone bench, and on the first floor the rooms open off a gallery with ochre vaults and a terracotta floor; some of them still have their ceilings frescoed with grotesques in the early sixteenth century. In front of the façade lie the gravel terrace, under the branches of the cedar, and the lawn that slopes down to the boundary wall.
We are at the villa from setting up until closing, and together with you we choose the spaces for the arrival of your guests, the aperitivo, dinner and the dancing.
Where we are
Where Siena ends and the countryside begins
The villa stands on a hill west of Costalpino, on the border between Siena and Sovicille. The entrance is on the Strada delle Volte Alte, with the gate at the end of a cypress-lined drive.
All around the villa there are fields, which is why in the evening you can hear the silence. Your guests will find parking beyond the gate.
What we organise with you
Weddings and parties, conferences and exhibitions
Weddings
The ceremony in the cortile and dinner in the park.
Corporate events
Conferences, presentations, company dinners and away days for your team.
Family parties
Eighteenth birthdays, christenings, first communions, anniversaries and private dinners.
Arts and culture
Exhibitions, talks and concerts open to the city.
The return
Built for the Chigi in 1505, open again since the spring of 2025
- 1505
Sigismondo Chigi completes the villa to a design by Baldassarre Peruzzi, who is not yet twenty-five.
- 1510
Pope Julius II comes to visit, and around the same time the vaults are frescoed with grotesques, stuccoes and medallions inspired by the Domus Aurea, recently rediscovered in Rome.
- 1603
Agostino Chigi buys the villa and restores it: he has the façades plastered and enriches the library and the garden.
- Twentieth century
The villa passes to the State, which for a time grants it in usufruct to the University of Siena, and it then stays closed for many years.
- Spring 2025
After the restoration the villa reopens, and from the autumn it hosts its first events. In June 2026 the four sculptures by Alberto Inglesi arrive in the park.
Events at the villa
The events we have already hosted
The concert in the cortile
A piano concert in the cortile, with the audience on the terrace in front of the façade as well.
Todo es Colorido
Giorgia Ceccotti’s photographs from San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
Custodi della Luce
The exhibition of Alberto Inglesi’s four sculptures in the park.
The spaces
Every space has its moment, from the arrival to the dancing
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I · On the ground floor
The cortile and the loggiato
The ceremony can be held in the cortile, surrounded by the two storeys of arches, and the aperitivo under the covered loggiato.
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II · On the first floor
The gallery and the rooms
In the rooms with the velvet sofas, which open off the gallery, guests can sit before and after dinner.
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III · Outside
The terrace and the park
On the gravel terrace we set up the aperitivo and, under the cedar, the table for dinner. At sunset we light up the façade and the loggiato, and for the dancing you can choose the cortile or the lawn.
Come and see
Arranging a visit
Write to us at info@voltealte.com or call us on +39 0577 179 61 00: we will fix a day that suits you, and we will be glad to show you around the villa.