Villa Bologna is a Baroque country house in Attard, Malta, built in 1745 as a wedding gift, with Baroque and landscaped gardens including a Rococo nymphaeum and the Dolphin Pond, still home to the de Trafford family and open for private events.
Villa Bologna was built in 1745 by the lawyer Fabrizio Grech as a wedding present for his daughter Maria Teresa, who married Nicola Perdicomati Bologna. It is a Baroque country house in Attard with some neoclassical touches, laid out around a quadrilateral plan with wings added over time, and its east front, with a long balcony, is the most elaborate. It has been described as the finest eighteenth-century country house built for a Maltese family.
The gardens are a large part of the appeal for an event. The original Baroque Garden includes a Rococo nymphaeum and a Baroque gateway, while the New Garden, laid out by Lady Strickland after 1926, has the Dolphin Pond and the Sunken Pond. The house passed to Lord Strickland in the nineteenth century, suffered bomb damage in the Second World War, and remains the home of the de Trafford family.
Enquire about Villa Bologna →The villa is in Attard, in the centre of Malta — conveniently positioned between Valletta and Malta International Airport.
Yes — Malta offers excellent flight connections from across Europe, reliable sunshine from spring through autumn, and a rich cultural backdrop that makes for memorable destination weddings.
Malta International Airport is the island's only airport and serves routes from across Europe; Attard is within easy reach.
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