Renesancni dvorec Zemono stoji sredi vinogradov, na manjšem,
razglednem holmu zahodno od mesta Vipava. Gric je ena
najboljših razglednih tock v Vipavski dolini, kar so vedeli
že v prazgodovini, ko je bila v bližini ena
najstarejših postojank v okolici. Domnevajo tudi, da se je v
njegovi bližini med pretendentoma na cesarski prestol rimskega
imperija 5. in 6. septembra 394 odvijala znamenita bitka pri reki
Frigidus. Spopadla sta se vzhodni in zahodni del države,
Evgenij in Teodozij. V spomin na bitko, ki je vplivala na razvoj
Evrope, je na pobocju pod dvorcem postavljen spomenik.
Dvorec obvladuje vrh grica. Nadstropna in podkletena stavba ima
racionalen kvadraten tloris, v katerega je vrisan centralni prostor
v obliki grškega križa (vogalne sobe so locene od
centralne dvorane). Križišce krakov je odprto z
osmerostrano, kupolasto odprtino z galerijskim obhodom. Zunanjost
krasi preprost in uporaben arkadni hodnik, ki obkroža vse
pritlicje stavbe. Palladijansko sredozemsko zasnovo so postavili l.
1683. Dvorec je bil v lasti plemiške družine Lanthieri,
ki je v njem imela poletno rezidenco. Po drugi svetovni vojni je v
gradu nekaj casa živela družina Preželj, nekateri
prostori pa so služili celo za skladišce. Leta 1975 so
se pricela obsežna obnovitvena in restavratorska dela, s
katerimi je dvorec ponovno zasijal v svoji prvotni lepoti.
Posebnost so profane stenske slike v notranjosti pritlicja.
Freske z zacetka 18. stoletja so alegoricne podobe letnih casov,
krajinske vedute v dekorativnih okvirih.
Dvorec so odlicno prenovili v poznih 70. letih po nacrtih
arhitekta Antona Bitenca in njegovih sodelavcev. V centralni
dvorani prirejajo koncerte in porocne slovesnosti. V kleti je
odlicna restavracija. Pred dvorec so postavili bronast torzo
kiparja Zdenka Kalina. Zemonski dvorec je najbolje ohranjena in
urejena italijanska podeželska plemiška vila pri
nas.
Cache je skrit v gozdicku pod dvorcem. Osnovna vsebina: dnevnik,
svincnik, konjicek, srcek, ognjeni angel.
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In the northwest of Vipava, the village Zemono is located. Above
it, on a 139 metre high rising, the Manor house Zemono (Belvedere)
is located. The building, which is set among vineyards, can be seen
for miles around.
It was built by Vipava lord Francesko Antonio Lanthieri in 1683.
The year 1683 is carved into arcaded hall. Francesko was a great
lover of art (a bit before Belvedere, he built a manor house in
Vipava) and an even greater entrepreneur (among other things, he
founded a paper factory and a spinning-mill in 1651, in
Ajdovšcina). A counts’ wine cellar first stood on the
hill Belvedere. When a new building was added, they started using
it as a summer and hunting mansion and Vipava’s manor
house.
The building in the Palladian style, which is rarely found in
Slovenia, was designed by an unknown, Italian architect. The late
Renaissance mansion in Venetian style has a rectangular ground
plan. The exterior is encircled with beautifully shaped stone
arcades, above which the central part of the mansion, the ground
plan of which is a Greek cross, rises. Almost all the rooms are
decorated with significant, Baroque frescoes, depicting secular,
allegorical (the elements fire, air and water are presented) and
fantastic motifs.
In the renovated building, surrounded by a park and vineyards,
there are a wedding hall and a restaurant (a former mansion
kitchen) on the ground floor.
The frescoes that decorate the walls of the mansion are a rarity
since they depict, unlike most of the frescoes, secular
subjects.
As one of the rare, Vipava cultural monuments, Zemono is
hospitably open to visitors. On the ground floor, there is a
renovated main hall, which is all embellished with frescoes.
Concerts, exhibitions and weddings occasionally take place
there.
Cache is hidden in the wood near the manor. Original content:
horse, heart, fire-angel, logbook, pencil.