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 The villa was constructed around the middle 1800's by Prof. Luigi Paolotti, a Baron of a noble Perugian family, relative of Prince Barberini of Rome, Pope Pio IX and Napoleon III. It was the family's country house, one of many they owned in the area of Bettona, a small town of Etruscan origins situated amongst green hills of olive trees and woods at very short distance from Perugia and Assisi. |
 History: Originally it was called Vettonia probably after Tiro Vettonio, an Etruscan leader who founded the town on the hill top, an Etruscan habit to exploit the strategic military position. According to memoirs the walls around the town Bettona and an Etruscan tomb. During the Roman Empire the town's importance continued to grow and it was mentioned by the Latin historian Pliny the Elder and later in documents of the Papal State with which it had always disagreed. |
 From the magnificent wall around the town, positioned on the summit of hill of olive trees, as if from a natural balcony, a wonderful panorama opens up before you: the green valleys of Umbria, the rivers Tevere - Clitunno - Chiascio - Topino often cited in poetry and songs by fomous writers and poets the beautiful historical art town like Perugia - Assisi - Spello - Foligno - Spoleto. |
 After a brief period of abandonment, in 2003 the heirs renovated carefully, respecting the original plan of their ancestors and paying especial attention to the frescoes in the sitting room, the upper hall and the bedrooms. Villa Paolotti is the ideal place for a restful holiday whilst being central for exploring Umbrian's interesting art towns. And the view over the plain below is astonishing. |
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