Due to its outstanding position, panorama and selection of cultivations this splendid olive grove is definitely the most beautiful in the Umbria region: located below the secular Rocca Maggiore, it crowns and characterises the landscape of the entire city of Assisi with which it combines and harmonizes. For more than five generations the farm has adopted the exclusive use of organic cultivations.
The ancient BRIZI family name, from which our family descends, is of Venetian origin and in 1366 Antonio Brizi was already a part of the Council of Venice together with seven other families. Only at the end of the 1600's a branch of the family was established in Assisi.
All of our ancestors were architects and they contributed to urban organisation of the city. We must remember Architect Giuseppe Brizi who identified and discovered the remains of the Saint because in that period it was not certain if St. Francis was buried in the Porziuncola where he died or in the Basilica that was built after his death.
He created and built the Underground Church in the Basilica of St. Francis where the remains of the Saint were buried. Giuseppe Brizi died in 1840. His son Alfonso was an Architect, an important archaeologist, a famous botanist and humanist. He discovered and collected all of the remains of the ancient Civitas Romana below the territory and the city of Assisi, developing and creating the Archaeological Museum, which can still be visited today: he invented and developed the Local Art Gallery and contributed to enhancing its patrimony. He filled the city with a modern and efficient hospital and a large Park in the higher part of the city, the current Pincio. Alfonso Brizi was the first botanist of the "Colle del Paradiso" where he planted prestigious cultivars, the result of careful research carried out with Monks and Priests who had been selecting special olive trees for a very long time for production reasons. A new collection of roses has now been added to the olive grove, chosen by Alfonso's daughter, Anna Brizi and by her niece Adriana who has now created a guided visit called "Walks through the Olive Grove" for small groups of people with samplings of typical products of the company. Due to its terracings for the culture of olive trees and the vineyards this olive grove can now be found in the famous "Treccani" Encyclopaedia under the word "Assisi".