12 blooms to see in Lombardy
S pring is an explosion of colors and scents of newly blooming flowers, and in Lombardy, among gardens, parks and mountain landscapes, it is a riot. With the arrival of warm weather, the urge to get…
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Lago Maggiore Old stories
W ith its five factory buildings, built between the twelfth and seventeenth century, the Rocca di Angera stands guardian of the Lake Maggiore. Comprising the Torre Castellana tower, the Ala…
Lago Maggiore Artist’s brushstrokes
A sixteenth-century country residence now owned by the Fai (Italian Environmental Fund) in Casalzuigno, Villa Della Porta Bozzolo has seen many changes over the centuries. Especially interesting are…
Lago Maggiore Unspoilt landscapes
T he extraordinary position of Maccagno offers a vantage point over Lake Maggiore, which we prefer to call “lago Maggiore”. Here the onlooker’s gaze can reach out to the Swiss shore, on one side,…
5 Thing-to-do in Colico
C olico connects the province of Lecco and Valtellina, but also the east side of the lake to the west side and the place where Adda river enters Lake Como. For this reason, Colico has suffered…
Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta
W ith its mosaics, statues, frescoes, fountains and water features, Villa Litta is the perfect example of the “pleasure villas” so popular in Lombardy between the 16th and 17th century, when it was…
Saint George Castle
B uilt as a military outpost in the 14th century on the orders of Francesco I Gonzaga, fifty years later this castle was converted into a noble residence. Isabella d’Este , one of the most…
The Guastalla Gardens
T his Italian style garden was founded in 1555 by the Countess Paola Ludovica Torelli della Guastalla and was remodelled in 1938. Today it is one of Milan’s most beautiful green areas, located near…
Dal Verme Castle
B uilt in the 10th century, the castle belonged to the Dal Verme family for six centuries, is an imposing quadrangular structure that overlooks the medieval town of Zavattarello and the surrounding…
The Bertone Park
T he Bertone Park is located near Goito, in the province of Mantua. The whole area used to belong to the De Bertoni family, next to the Gonzaga family lands. After changing hands several times, the…
