Franca and Paolo, creators of the Villaggio Accademia, both come from the sports world, first as athletes and later as Coaches and Judges.

Franca was a gymnast and later she became Coach and International Judge.

Paolo comes from Athletics and Greek-Roman fight and later he became Coach and National andInternational Judge of Gymnastics and its variants.

They put together their skills and experiences and dedicated all their time in order to create an unique structure in the world, in which all gymnastics athletes and lovers could find a suitable and well-equiped place to improve their skills in a friendly and relaxing environment, in which they can also share their techniques with different culture athletes.