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The Garden of the Five Senses
Music, rhythm and natural materials to handle: the thermal garden becomes a sensory laboratory, closing with creative painting in the open air.
Educational offer
The Villa becomes a classroom
Guided tours, workshops and thematic itineraries for schools and teachers: art, history, nature and the thermal garden become a live educational experience.
Learning by exploring
The Villa is a classroom to be crossed
Gardens, frescoed rooms and thermal landscape accompany students and teachers in a concrete educational experience.
Training proposal
With Villa Selvatico you can design training activities for the classroom
Find activities
Guided tour, workshop or thematic itinerary based on the age and objectives of the class.
Connecting disciplines
Art, history, architecture, thermal water, botany and the territory of the Euganean Hills.
Building the route
We adapt duration, contents and methods in dialogue with teachers and school representatives.
Objectives
Skills to be developed outside the classroom
Observation
Art and images
Territory
Garden and landscape
Narration
History and memory
Activities that the class can do
Traditional guided tour
All school levels · 90 minutes
A first encounter with the villa: the thermal garden, the frescoed halls, the landscape of the Euganean Hills. History, architecture and nature in a single route, pitched to the age of the class.
Thematic guided tour
All school levels · 90 minutes
One theme, properly explored. Choose between the thermal phenomenon, the botany of the garden, architecture and frescoes, or river navigation along the Euganean Riviera.
Theatrical visit
Primary school · 120 minutes
The villa tells its story out loud. A narrated route through interiors and grounds where children do not simply watch: they step into the story and act it out.
Interactive guided tour
Primary and secondary school · 90 minutes
Audio tracks and QR codes along the route give voice to those who lived in the villa over the centuries. Students follow the clues, through the halls and the garden.
Educational workshops
Eight options · 90 minutes each
To pair with any visit: first you observe and listen, then you work with your hands, and something concrete goes back to the classroom. The eight options, with the school levels they suit, are listed below.
Educational laboratories
Eight ways to learn inside the Villa
Each proposal combines observation, story and activity: scroll through the cards to find the path best suited to the class.
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Botanical Atelier
Map in hand, the class hunts for the most unusual species in the Wimpffen family garden. Leaves and flowers become a herbarium or a botanical artwork to take back to school.
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Mythical Pigments
From the myth of Antenor to the fresco technique: students lay pigments onto a fragment of plaster and take it home.
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Treasure Hunt: an Adventure in Nature
Quizzes, riddles and mysterious maps guide the exploration among myths, gardens and thermal ponds.
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Detective in the Villa
A mystery to piece together by observing and drawing: clues along the route, evidence to collect and a personal notebook to record the investigation.
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The Art of the Coat of Arms
The stories of the Selvatico and Emo Capodilista families emerge from frescoes and coats of arms. Then each student models their own heraldic emblem in modelling clay.
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Selvatico Orienteering
Map and compass, small groups, a garden to decipher: every stop reveals a surprising plant and a secret of the villa.
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Memories Revealed: the villa and its past
Documents, images and historic spaces to read the transformations of the villa and the role of the spa. A real and virtual visit to question sources and reflect on the memory of a place.
Which workshop for my class
The eight workshops, level by level
An at-a-glance guide to which activities suit your class. Every workshop lasts 90 minutes and pairs with one of the guided tours.
| Workshop | Preschool | Primary | Lower sec. | Upper sec. |
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| The Garden of the Five Senses | ● | ● | — | — |
| Botanical Atelier | ● | ● | ● | — |
| Mythical Pigments | — | ● | ● | — |
| Treasure Hunt: an Adventure in Nature | — | ● | ● | — |
| Detective in the Villa | — | ● | ● | — |
| The Art of the Coat of Arms | — | ● | ● | — |
| Selvatico Orienteering | — | — | ● | — |
| Memories Revealed: the villa and its past | — | — | ● | ● |
Rates
A day at the villa from €6 per student
The villa hosts up to four classes at the same time, with space for a snack in the gardens and, if it rains, in the heated limonaia.
Guided tour only
€6.00 per student
The route through the thermal garden and the frescoed halls, in the traditional, thematic, theatrical or interactive format.
Tour + workshop
€13 or €14 per student
The price depends on the workshop chosen. Tell us which one in your enquiry and we will confirm the exact figure.
We design the programme around you. Duration, content and activities adapt to teachers’ requests, starting from the objectives of the class.
Curriculum links: Art and Image · History · Art History · Civic Education · Geography · Science · Epic
Organize the educational visit
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