THE RELAIS

The blazon of the Albertini is very old and it is one of those rare family crests that retains elements of the real “magic”. Cared for with love, it instills in those who live in that authentic serenity and sweetness of yore.

Why wings? Is the fascinating attribute that distinguishes the function of mediators between God and the world: the angels have acted as messengers, watchmen, drivers of stars, performers laws, protectors of the elect. In the Italian tradition, these symbols represented attributes of a spiritual kind.

The Church of the Angels. Relais Corte Paradiso offers a magical place to celebrate religious functions, commemorations and make spiritual retreats ... for those in search of himself. The written Albertini date back to around the year 1000. Among the ancestors, people who have done a long part in the history of Italy.

Counts of Prato since 1003, Bishops in Florence in 1129, Knights Crusaders in the Holy Land, Cardinals in 1250, confidence men of the emperors Charles IV and Charles V but also of the Papacy. With the change Renaissance cultural arts thrive as well as the production of taste, with new fabrics, colors and styles, more and more refined. The Albertini sense the fashion that goes to paint the everyday life of the future Italian company in 1600 and became renowned traders of textiles in Prato.

In 1714 they moved to Verona and bought 12 villas with numerous farms in Garda, Cavalcaselle, Arcè of Pescantina, Valverde di Borgo Venezia, Arbizzano and Peschiera. During the last war Peschiera a crossroads of streams and military bombings, but the Villa was never affected, nor occupied: it is instead inhabited by Count of around 70 people divided into 17 families who lovingly care for Paradiso. In 1966 the Count Giuseppe degli Albertini moved there with his wife and since 2000 Villa Paradiso becomes the temple of the family.