In the southern area of the city of Milan, in the little town of Opera, there’s Mirasole Abbey. It was founded between the XII and the XIII Century by the religious order of “Umiliati”. It represents one of the most precious examples of Grangia, a rural housing unit built for[…]
The Terminus was built in 1900 on the Lungo Lario of Levante, known today as Lungo Lario Trieste, by the architect Italo Zanolini. It preserves in its name, Terminus, the memory of original function of “thermal spa” of the nearby Grand Hotel Plinius, and it was erected to celebrate the[…]
The Francesco Toto Workshop is in Cremona, in the beautiful frame of the historical Palazzo Barbò-Meroni, which was built by the Marquis Lodovico Barbò around 1580. In this atelier Francesco Toto’s passion for the the production of stringed instruments finds its place, here is where the research of the perfect[…]
“Try to imagine a world without music, it’s the same thing you would experience in a world without decoration.” Barnaba Fornasetti Casa Fornasetti has been the historic house of the Fornasetti family since the late 19th century. Located in the Milanese quarter of Città Studi, today it is a unique[…]
“Casa Grande”in Valmadrera is a villa built in the early XIX century by the architect Bovara. It is surrounded by a beautiful English garden designed by the architect Balzaretto, the same that has designed Milan’s public gardens. In 1817 Giuseppe Antonio Gavazzi bought the villa from Teresa Casati Confalonieri, wife[…]
A traditional farmhouse in Lombard style, built in several phases. As the families who lived and worked on its grounds flourished, cultivating vineyards and grain, so too was the house enriched by expansions and additions to the living space. The oldest section of the house dates from the 1700s. The[…]
Monterosso house, from the name of the hill on which is located, is in Vengono Superiore (Varese), at the border with the pine forest of Tradate and Appiano Gentile, and it’s reachable in 45 minutes by car from Milan. The manor consists of a big park -of 5 hectares-, held[…]
Cascina Castello is located in Cortetano, approximately 10 km from Cremona. Its structure with a close courtyard is typical of Lombard farms. In the XI century the area hosted Benedictine Monks and a castle. It is assumed that Cascina Castello has been built on this site, even though it does[…]
Located 5 km from Cremona, the city of violin and of luthiers, Cascina Farisegno is an ancient Lombard farmhouse with a closed court, which is characterized by the presence of a beautiful English garden with a pond protected by the Fine Arts. An historic House with a thousand- year old[…]
The name Sesmones goes back to ancient times, a mystery: an ancient legend tells of the presence of six monks, hence the name of the hotel (Ses Mones).The property, immersed in the countryside of Lodi, dates back to 1400, although some sources even handed down a foundation in 1200. Today the hotel Sesmones[…]
