Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California. Located in Silicon Valley, in the southern Bay Area, its population was 31,051 at the 2020 census. Saratoga is an affluent residential community, known for its wineries, restaurants, and attractions like Villa Montalvo, Mountain Winery, and Hakone Gardens.
Image: Memorial Arch of Saratoga
Image: Paul Masson Mountain Winery, Pierce Rd., Saratoga, CA 9 23 2012 12 12 19 PM (cropped)
Image: Villa Montalvo (185328963) (cropped)
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The Montalvo Arts Center is a non-profit center for the arts in Saratoga, California, United States. Open to the public, Montalvo comprises a cultural and arts center, a park, hiking trails and the historic Villa Montalvo, an Italian Mediterranean Revival mansion nestled in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The mansion and estate were constructed from 1912 to 1914 by California statesman and businessman James Duval Phelan. After Phelan's death, the entire estate was donated to California as a park and then a cultural and arts center as it exists today. The arts center maintains the estate in partnership with Santa Clara County. The mansion is a historic landmark, and in 1978 it was awarded inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Villa Montalvo
Front lawn of the mansion looking towards the garden. On the left is an artistic display, a hut made from twisted tree branches.
South front from oval garden at Villa Montalvo