The History
Carolina of Brunswick, wife to George IV and future queen of England, bestowed the seventeenth century manor, Villa Verucchio, upon Bartolomeo Pergami, her stalwart consort, in 1819. He re christened the manor with her second name: Amalia.
However it is at the start of the 1900's that our story acquires a more remarkable chapter: in 1925 the estate is purchased by Alessandra Drudi, in art Gea della Garisenda, the famous singer of "Tripoli bel suol d'amore" and wife of the senator Teresio Borsalino, internationally known for his hats that bear his name.
Villa Amalia returns to its original splendour and becomes the vogue setting for leaders in art and culture of its time.
Gea della Garisenda, whose name was personally coined by Gabriele d'Annunzio, was admired for her beauty by poets and artists such as Carducci, Leoncavallo, Pascoli and Trilussa, who dedicated a delicate poem to her. Marcello Dudovich, illustrious painter and illustrator, among the more frequent visitors, painted alfresco panoramas of local sights and equestrian scenes in the room today known as "sala delle bandiere" (hall of flags).
Dott. Alessandro Savazzi, grandson of Gea della Garisenda and present proprietor of the estate which he has rendered famous throughout Italy and abroad with its great wines, has ardently promoted the golf course and Amalia Golf Club, now known as Rimini Golf Club.