Unfortunately none of the villa's original furnishings has survived, apart from a few pieces of furniture which give only a fleeting impression of the various, important artistic periods in the villa's history. The stuccoes and frescoes are still in perfect condition, it is true, but their indifferent quality certainly cannot "fill" these bare rooms. The villa often played an important role in crucial events in Friuli's history. The Baroque park ­ of which an accurate relief model can be seen ­ with its statues and other ornamental features, was the setting of some of the Republic of Venice's most sumptuous festivities during the eighteenth century. In 1797 this period of ostentation was drawn to its symbolic close when the Treaty of Campoformido was signed in the villa; under this peace treaty Austria received a large part of Friuli's territory, marking a watershed in the region's destiny. In 1917, following the defeat at Caporetto and the retreat from the Isonzo front line, the Manin family fled to Rome and the villa was ransacked. During these tragic events the villa's furnishings were lost almost completely, especially the collections of paintings. When the German and Austrian troops entered Passariano all they found were empty rooms laid to waste; 

in fact, a party was swiftly sent in search of some furniture to accommodate the two emperors, Wilhelm and Karl, who arrived at the villa to celebrate their victory. 
    After the turbulent war events the Manins returned to Friuli and managed to get back many of their treasures from the homes of the local country folk, but the villa's golden era was gone forever. It was left empty for increasingly long periods and in the end its state of disrepair became so serious that in 1962 the Italian State decided to expropriate the property; the regional council supervised its purchase and the start of restoration of the entire complex. The Seventies and Eighties were a period of new splendour for the villa which became a regional exhibition centre and one of the most visited museums in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Currently the many events hosted inside the villa make the organisation of exhibitions a problem, therefore its administrators and curator are now focusing their efforts on the villa itself, so as to provide a clear, visual record of the many events of the villa's history, from the greatest to the most bitter. This is the only way visitors will be able to see what the villa has always been: the most important venue in Friuli's history and the most magnificent example of Udinese aristocratic culture in the region.