por Susanna Bettoni | Jun 3, 2015 | Como
As a political rival political of Giambattista Sommariva, Francesco Melzi openly challenged him to build a Neoclassical villa and a refined English garden on the opposite shore of the lake with secular examples of the Cedars of Lebanon and suggestive botanical...
por Susanna Bettoni | Jun 3, 2015 | Varese
This is one of the most important museums in the Varese province. It is a wonderful 18th century villa and the elegant lines of its architecture create a perfect harmony with the contemporary works of art exhibited inside the exquisite rooms and stables, which include...
por Susanna Bettoni | Jun 3, 2015 | Como
The Clerici villa was bought in1801 by Giambattista Sommariva, an art collector and one of the most powerful men in Italy during the days of Napoleonic rule: he enriched the gardens with exotic plants and the house with works by Canova, Thorvalden and Hayez,...
por Susanna Bettoni | Jun 3, 2015 | Tesouros do bom gosto
Valpolicella is a very rich wine region in Italy, famous for unique wines like Amarone. But this is not the only treasure of this wonderful territory. Nature here is rich in thermal waters, forests and lakes. Antique culture is one of the pillars of this region as...
por Susanna Bettoni | Jun 3, 2015 | Como
The Melzi and Carlotta villas face each other on opposite shores of Lake Como, submersed in the scent of flowers and the shade of the trees: their owners in the 19th century competed with one another to enrich their art collections and exotic gardens, in the beautiful...
