VILLA ELENA DA PERSICO
The Villa
Villa Elena da Persico is available for cultural activities, retreats, spiritual exercises, conferences, refresher courses and also offers hospitality to parish groups and associations for formative moments of their own.
The Interior Spaces
Rooms: the villa has the accommodation capacity to sleep approximately 50 guests in single and double rooms, all with private bathroom facilities. It also has two small independent apartments. On the ground floor, there is a room equipped for disabled guests.
Reception room and meeting rooms: there are numerous meeting spaces of different sizes, with rooms to accommodate numbers ranging from 20-40-80 people. The villa contains a conference room with a speaker and recording and video-projection system, with an Internet connection, as well as four rooms for group work.
Dining room: Villa Elena has an internal independent kitchen and a dining room with a capacity for over 100 people.
Celebration spaces: The villa has a large amphitheatre-style chapel for large group celebrations and another, more intimate, chapel for small groups or individual prayer.
Villa Elena da Persico
Villa Elena was once the residence of Elena da Persico
(Journalist 1869-1948).
Starting in the early 20th century, Elena organised opportunities for interaction and education in response to the cultural and social needs of her time. Now, the villa continues her work of a cultural, spiritual and ecclesial nature: it is host to conferences held annually by the Elena da Persico Foundation and other Veronese associations; throughout the year, it offers a Scripture reading course.