Historical Villa With Belvedere Tower And Garden Near Milan

Situated along one of Lombardy’s most picturesque historic canals, in a village that for centuries has been home to the holiday home of Milan's nobility, this stately estate is one of the most complete and best-preserved architectural complexes in the area east of Milan. The property, whose main building echoes the layout designed in the early 19th century by the architect Giuseppe Pollack, comprises three buildings totalling approximately 2,300 sqm, surrounded by a private park of around three hectares featuring tall trees, shaded paths and the historic irrigation canal that runs along the perimeter. The belvedere tower rising above the main building is the estate’s hallmark and foreshadows its interior complexity.

The entrance to the main estate is via a spectacular vaulted gallery with frescoed ceilings and a wrought-iron portal: a monumental corridor with a polychrome majolica floor, walls painted to resemble marble, and grotesque decorations on the vault. The first grand hall reveals itself as a space of extraordinary quality: walls entirely frescoed with landscape views, a painted wooden beamed ceiling, a polychrome cement tile floor and original period white lacquered furniture. This room is one of the rarest and best-preserved in the Lombardy region.

It comprises a series of rooms of varying character: a big living room with a wooden coffered ceiling painted with floral motifs on a blue and gold background, sand-coloured walls and lacquered doors with chinoiserie motifs; a second sitting room with stucco ceilings modelled with scrolls; and a dining room with an antique terracotta floor and a marble fireplace. The library is one of the most memorable rooms: a space lined with floor-to-ceiling solid walnut bookcases with glass doors, housing hundreds of leather-bound volumes. The sleeping quarters offer ten generously proportioned bedrooms and nine bathrooms, many of which retain period features.

The two ancillary buildings complete the estate, serving as staff accommodation, service rooms, outbuildings and cellars arranged around the large courtyard of honour paved with gravel. The garage, the brick-vaulted cellar and the utility rooms ensure the property is fully functional. Accessibility for people with reduced mobility in certain parts of the ground floor adds a touch of modernity to a complex that offers the opportunity to creatively reinterpret one of the region’s most historically significant buildings.

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