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Villa Sormani
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The baroque Villa Sormani is in the village of Moncucco in the city of Brugherio. The Villa Sormani was the site chosen by Count Paolo Andreani to demonstrate the first public balloon flight on Italia
Villa Sormani
Villa Sormani
Paolo Andreani da Moncucco in 1784
Paolo Andreani da Moncucco in 1784
Giocondo Albertolli
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Giocondo Albertolli was a Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy during the Neoclassical period.
Villa Sormani
…Little Church of Moncucco (tempietto di San Lucio in Moncucco). This building was moved here by the Andreani family at the instigation of the architect Giocondo Albertolli. Abertolli had found that the building at a convent in Lugano was to be demolished and he persuaded his patron to have it dismantled and rebuilt here…
Giocondo Albertolli; portrait by Carlo Gerosa [it] (1837)
Giocondo Albertolli; portrait by Carlo Gerosa [it] (1837)
The Villa Melzi on Lake Como
The Villa Melzi on Lake Como