Illasi

The district of Illasi is 20 kilometres apart from Verona and it includes the community of Cellore. The territory of Illasi has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In 2007 a large sepulchral area was discovered, dated between the late third and early second millennium BC. About sixty tombs have been identified and inside of them were found simple objects: stone and ceramic beads, a horn pommel of a dagger and the metal tip of a dagger.

The strategic importance accorded to Illasi is confirmed by the decision to build the castle that still stands on the hill to dominate the country. The main structure is pre - Scala era, and it is unclear what powerful person may have created a work so technologically advanced without leaving documentary traces.
 
Villa Pompei Carlotti is located on the main square of the town of Illasi. Giovanni Paolo Pompei enlarged it between 1683 and 1687. In 1700 Alessandro Pompei built the chapel. Inside the chapel there are the tombs of the last Pompei and Giulio Carlotti. The structure is made by following the typology of classical Venetian villa, with central hall and four rooms placed laterally. The rooms on the main floor are entirely frescoed.

A second branch of the family of Pompei of Villa Pompei Carlotti built Villa Sagramoso Perez Pompei in its present size in 1737. The main building, with three floors, has a porch with five arches. The left wing is the oldest part of the complex and it was built in 1615. Inside there are large halls, galleries and rooms decorated with eighteenth-century frescoes. Nowadays, an Italian garden is located on the right side of the villa. A wide five-kilometers path inside the park leads up to the castle. Along the way you can see a moat that once was a pond. A pavilion next to the garden housed the greenhouses; today it has been transformed into a restaurant.