Hello my friends I am so excited to share some updates on our Italian Palace- Palazzo Ricci!
About a year and half ago we bought a 250 year old Italian Palace in Casoli, Italy. It is gorgeous but needs a lot of work. You can read how it all began here. We were just about to start refurbishing the palace but then Covid hit. After lots of delays things are really starting to progress.
I am so excited to share some of the things that have taken place!
Guess what!!
Palazzo Ricci Reborn film premier is taking place LIVE February 4th! Yes you read that right! A mini film premier about our Palace!
More about that at the bottom of this post!
Our design team has been busy creating a beautiful experience center. It is a space across the street from the palace. Visitors can come in and learn about the Palazzo Ricci residence club. Plus get a glimpse of what one of the rooms will look like.
Beautiful fabrics and bed linens, Antique Italian furniture, Unique chandeliers. Each one of the 14 luxuriously-appointed residences will be complete with 5-star amenities.
We have had some interest in our story about the Palazzo Ricci being reborn from some publications you might recognize and some are from Italian news articles!
Palazzo Ricci “a former medieval palace in Abruzzo, Italy, is currently being restored with the idea of remote working in mind. Once completed, the property, which was originally built for Italian nobility, will offer 14 five-star residences, complete with a spa, private gardens and a swimming pool”
“An all-round rebirth, which sees the Palazzo Ricci team also engaged in charity activities and the involvement of cultural and craft associations for the creation of many components that will furnish and embellish the residences”
“Our goal” says Valeria Milano of the Palazzo Ricci team “is not just the ‘come back’ in a place of the heart, a desire to bring families back to a place that they may have abandoned years ago and that is in their veins, in their families, a desire to bring new tourists to Casoli and Abruzzo.
In our latest issue we continue following the progress of a group of friends who have embarked on the challenging…
Posted by Abruzzissimo Magazine on Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Our restoration team began to get all the scaffolding all around the Palazzo so that construction could begin! It seems like we have been waiting a very long time to see this kind of progress. I cannot wait to get back to Italy to see this with my own eyes! We are hoping to get back over there in May, fingers crossed!
Ok my friends this is the most exciting part!! This Thursday February 4th 11AM Eastern will be the LIVE premier of the film Palazzo Ricci Reborn.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Walter Nanni, “Reborn” is an artistic journey of one man’s love affair with the land, the traditions, and the history surrounding Palazzo Ricci.
Plus there will be interviews with our design team, my hubby and his partner and the director of the film!
You can tune in either at the website Palazzoricci.club or on Facebook or on Instagram.
Sign up here to get a notification about the premier.
I just want to thank you for your support and kind words of encouragement. It means the world to us to know that people are rooting for you. We have waited so long to start seeing some progress and now we are! I hope you all will tune in and watch the LIVE premiere and hear from everyone there in Italy.
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My great grandfather lived in this palace in the late 1800s. I would love to talk with you about this place. I plan to travel there in 2023. I hope he will reach out to me via email, rather than this public forum.
Hi Rachel! How fun that you might have a connection to our Palazzo! I am going to have my hubby reach out to you with more info about the area.
Hugs,
Karin
I meant: I hope you will reach out to me!
Dear Representative of the Palazzo Ricci:
I am coming to visit Italy for the first time. I recently came across some family history, some of which I knew of, some I didn't, and I would like ANY help possible to find out more while in Italy. It would surely make my visit fantastic!
The following is an excerpt from an old letter. If you'll peruse this letter, perhaps you might refer me to more help elsewhere, as well. Thanks so much!
"Here in brief is the history of our house (family); Ciccio Riccio the noble warrior of the King Alfonso 1st of Aragon in 400. Our family were all soldiers, had special privileges, recorded in the "Sedil di Nido" at Naples amongst the most ancient nobility; a family much esteemed next to the kings. Uberto Riccio (something) of the Cockade of the Queen Giovanna 1st in 460. The first Count was created in 670. The coat of arms as recorded at Naples is in our Chapel of S. Gaetano, also in the principal door of the house, and is a hedgehog or porcupine on an azure ground with gold, with four quarterings and waves, where there is a black eagle. Our family ranked with the richest and most noble families of that time d' Attanzio, famous for the command of Malta. Somewhere along the line the "o" was dropped from our name. Of many possessions, the Ricci's gave the forest of S. Lorenzo the Cesare Mechaelangelo d' Avalos. Between Ciccio Riccio and today there are recorded 17 generations. Cicillo, the 2nd eldest living, has no son, and then comes my family with one only son Peppino who has inherited the tradition of Luigi and of his other uncle Peppino, the brave Garibaldian killed at Mentana. ”
(The Palazzo d' Avalos was first mentioned in records in the year 1300, so was built in the 13th century. There is an old Castello pictured in the books on Vasto which was also built in the 13th century and belonged to d' Avalos. Today it belongs to Plamieri, who evidently had it from our grandfather, as his wife was a Palmieri and our cousins now live there. A d' Avalos is mentioned before 1300, but the title of Marchese del Vesto was created in 1479 by the King Frederic of Aragon conferring it on Innico d' Avalos after the battle of Pavia).
RICCI, Luigi born Vasto, Italy. In the last war Joined the Inns of Court at 72. He was a Garibaldian and was also in the Siege of Paris. In 1915 he raised a foreign Legion in London 3,000 strong. It was greatly due to him that Italy joined us in the last war. He was quite literate, translated many books, and was a renowned man.
Other information from Who's Who in 1903, is in the attachment on top.
I'd sure appreciate any help you could give me regarding how to find out more about my family, their whereabouts and any locations is Vesto, Naples, etc. Thank you so much.
Nick Ricci
nicks.net@comcast.net
505-331-2673
Eeee! What an exciting journey to be on! Congrats on such a beautiful and historic property. :)
Thanks so much for visiting Wonderful Wednesday hop.
How exciting Karin! Can't wait to see how the rooms turn out. Hope you can get there in May!
How exciting for you! Just wanted to share something funny....our last name is Ricci, and my Grandmother on my Dad's side ,Virginia Schiavo...was from the Abruzzi region of Italy! Strange, huh? Best wishes on your new adventure!
Ginny! You have got to be kidding me! There has got to a connection don't you think? How cool would that be! Go to our website to learn more about the history of the Palazzo to see if maybe there might be a connection.
ww.palazzoricci.club