This palace, which stands on the site of a Roman villa, was first documented in 1603 as a “Perpulchrum Palatium”.  It passed to Gerolamo Pianciani Martorelli in 1693 and to Fabrizio, the brother of Bishop Francesco Maria Loccatelli, in ca. 1750.  Fabrizio and Giuseppe Loccatelli restructured the villa, the facade of the family chapel and the park.  In inscription [near the atrium] records that Pope Pius VII stayed here in 1805, on his return from France.  

Marchese Francesco Marignoli bought the villa in 1823, probably on behalf of Pope Leo XII.  It subsequently passed to the Fiumi Sermattei family of  Assisi.  Marchese Filippo Marignoli re-acquired it for his family at the end of the 19th century: this gave rise to the name “Villa Redenta” (redeemed villa).

The Franciscans bought the villa in 1957, at which point it became the Collegio Missionari di Sant’ Antonio. The Province of Perugia acquired it in 1973  and began its restoration in 1995.  It was restored again in 2003: the ex-stables now house the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto and the building opposite now serves as a hotel.

Park

The layout of the park is basically that designed for Fabrizio and Giuseppe Loccatelli in the late 18th century, and accords with the taste of the period.  Remains from the Roman villa here are dotted around the grounds.

[There is a Mithraic temple near the perimeter wall].