Throughout the centuries it has been tradition for Italian nobility to be patrons to great artists. Villa Mangiacane stays true to this by sponsoring on-site artists from Zimbabwe and abroad, and numerous art exhibition openings.

Half the profits go to deserving African charities, such as the Sharon Cohen School for mentally handicapped children. The remaining profits are reinvested to support the Shona Art sculptors in Zimbabwe, and to promote their work by enabling them to gain international recognition and exposure.

As you pace amongst the myriad of masterpieces in the ‘Giardino delle scultura’ with its backdrop of nature, your eye travels in time as it moves across a spectrum that includes Lithuanian cubism and Zimbabwean Shona sculptures.