Surrounded by greenery and facing the sea, Villa Greca is the ideal place to carry out any type of event.
In the enchantment of the Gelese hills and the Mediterranean Sea, Villa Greca is the ideal location to experience the most beautiful day of your life. The wonderful garden of the villa makes the ceremony perfect even outside, creating an exclusive setting for this very important event.
The villa was built between the end of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by the Jacona family, of Gelese origin, was designed by an architect of Neapolitan origin following a style conceived by the union of neoclassical and gothic anticipating the liberty style. In the 60s the "Villa" and its appurtenances went into disuse until the present day. In 2008 this important historical-cultural complex and the areas of relevance were purchased by the Greca family, from which it takes its name today, which with the continuous support of the BB.CC of Caltanissetta, renovated it, adapted to suitable structures for social development. , cultural, economic of the territory. Other adjacent areas facing the sea were acquired to create a botanical park overlooking the sea of Gela and making the whole area stable from landslides due to rains. The area's renovation and reclamation work took more than a decade, transforming the area into a natural site for a botanical garden, as well as home to a Benefit Foundation that promotes socio-cultural and economic development events in the area.
The Greca family is a historical family of Gelese entrepreneurs who with the ASCOT group develops innovative systems, contributing to the transition of energy production systems used in about 60 countries around the world by the most famous companies in the telecommunications, defense, oil & gas and corporate sectors. state electricity, health care etc. Their companies boast a leadership position at an international level in the world, distinguishing themselves for their professionalism, ethics in business, and being an innovative company in the solution of their needs. The family has always had a patronage attitude that generously pours out on the city of Gela, enriching and improving it with socio-cultural events of national and international resonance that project the city into the cosmopolitan panorama. Helping young people to have and realize the Great Dreams by supporting them in their professional choices and helping them with real demonstrations that the Great Dreams are always achievable has always been the primary social commitment of the whole Greek family.
In the area of the Greek Villa, in the ancient port of “Caricatore, the famous tragedian“ Aeschylus, coming from Greece, disembarked, hosted on arrival in the Villa of his compatriot Greek merchant of which remains the find of the mosaic of the floor; in Gela Aeschylus lived, wrote part of his tragedies and died on the golden beach of its coast, struck by a tortoise shell that escaped the talons of an eagle; Archestrato, a well-known philosopher of Gelese origins, whose fame is said to be the first connoisseur and writer of recipes of the cuisine of the ancient world, as well as advisor to Alexander the Great during the conquest of his empire, took to the sea from the ancient port of Caricatore. The area in which the Villa Greca stands has been inhabited for more than 3000 years by native, Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman and Frederick populations, in a melting pot of ancient cultures, in the era that was of the Myth it is in fact very rich of historical artifacts ranging from the archaic period to the most recent dominations and then to the present day, with the use of the Villa as Command of the German Navy in the Mediterranean from 1941 to '43 with the emblematic episode of the landing of the American allies under the command of General Patton in 1943, who chose Gela as the landing place for its conformation of the sandy bottom, which is slowly degrading towards the depth of the Mediterranean Sea.
Romantic location with a spectacular view. The owners were very helpful and joined us for the celebration. I advise.