A Neoclassical Nugget Named Villa Bagatti-Valsecchi on Via Vittorio Emanuele

Villa Bagatti-Valsecchi, a come-hither of Italian villas, was initially a humble cascina, or farmstead, before the Bagatti family, in flight from a plague-stricken Milan, claimed it as their new residence in 1523, right here in Varedo. Fast forward to 1884, the year the Villa Bagatti-Valsecchi we admire today was given a face-lift by the deft hand of architect G. Moretti, who skillfully preserved remnants of the villa's past while infusing it with a distinctively Italian zest (Moretti, G, 1894, 'L'Edilizia moderna').

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