Gardens and Villa tour opens at
27/03-24/10
Visiting hours
March-September: 9.00-12.00 /
13.30-17.30
October: 9.00-12.00 / 13.30-17.00
In
1670 Count Vitaliano Borromeo started construction of the monumental baroque
palace, and began to landscape the majestic scenary of the gardens for which
the Island became so famous, and which today still bear witness of that bygone
age.
The stately Borromeo residence contains priceless masterpieces:
tapestries, furniture, and paintings by great masters.
The gardens bloom
with every variety of trees and rare flowers which, in their succession of
ornate terraces, provide a classic, inimitable example of the celebrated
"Italian garden" of that period.
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informations:
Last update: August 14th,
1996