Monterenzio
Subject: Historical settlements
Toponym: Villa di Cassano
Type: Rural village
Municipality: Monterenzio
Locality: Villa di Cassano
Description
The part of greatest interest consists in two tower houses connected with various building portions, datable to the early 15th century; in one of them there is still the opening of a dovecote with a large cornice beneath it.
There are several noteworthy features, including architraves decorated with symbols of the Comacine Masters and a Maltese cross, bartizans and doorways.
Unfortunately, recent remodelling has degraded the whole: an exaggerated emphasis of the mortar joints, a fanciful porch which is accessed by means of an impracticable ramp and roofs that are not in accordance with the historical type.