Villa Martiner
The villa belonging to a Chamber Supplier to the duchy
Franz Martiner Senior da Kuenz, himself a manufacturer and son of a trading family based in Valencia, had the turn-of-the-century villa complete with production and despatch facilities built in 1897. He later passed the altar-building business that he had set up one year previously on to his son Franz Jr. Like many other Gröden altar builders, Franz Martiner's company exported to other countries in the pre-1914 Habsburg empire and was awarded the title of Chamber Supplier from Archduchess Maria Theresa von Braganza.
Main category:
Building culture
Subcategory:
Laboratories & wholesalers
Epoch:19th century
Area(s):Ortisei
GPS coordinates:@11.6661,46.57811