+39 334 9211979
info@ilgiardinodilory.com
ItalianoEnglish
language
Facebook
Google+
YouTube
Skype
LagodiComo_IlgiardinodiLory100px
  • Home
  • About Us +
    • Our Services
  • Apartments +
    • Glicine Bucaneve Narciso
    • Mughetto
    • Orchidea
    • Camelia
    • Violetta
    • Gelsomino
    • Video
  • Gallery
  • Offers e Rates
    • Rates
  • Lake Como +
    • Events
    • Restaurants
    • Hiking
    • Sport & activities
    • Visit Lake Como
      • Villas and gardens
      • Churches & monuments
  • Blog
  • Book now
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • IT
villa-saporiti-la-rotonda-como

Villa Saporiti “la Rotonda” on Lake Como

25 July 2018Il Giardino di LoryBlog & News, Lake Como, Residence Lake Como, Visit Lake Como, Visit Lake Como - villas and gardens

Villa Saporiti is located in Como directly overlooking the lake of the same name. One of the most important neoclassical villas in the history of the Borgo Vico, was built on a project by Leopoldo Pollack between 1783 and 1793. Even the designer Luigi Cagnola participated in subsequent interventions that included the staircase of honor with two flights.

The building is known as “la Rotonda”, due to the presence of the exedra corresponding to the elliptical hall built at the center of the building and whose volume emerges from the frontal façade of the lake. Villa Saporiti presents itself with a monumental aspect, while maintaining a simple structure and sober external decorations. In 1783 the Milanese Marquises Antonio and Eleonora Villani bought the area from the public domain in 1783 to create a holiday residence. In 1950 it was bought by the Province of Como, which made it its institutional headquarters and which, with the purchase of the adjacent villa Gallia, determined the current structure of the entire complex.

The interior is full of refined stuccos and decorations of the rooms that are still visible today, such as the finishing details of the wooden doors to access the premises. The Hall of Honor represents a double-height elliptical plan, the lowered dome is characterized by lacunars containing rosettes in perspective with neoclassical decorative stuccos. On the ground floor is the Emperor’s Hall, the Etruscan Room with vaulted ceilings and richly decorated walls frescoed with blue-framed squares containing grotesques. The Library has sober hues and decorations both for the walls and for the wardrobes, the small living room is located at the western end of the villa, with an elliptical plan and decoration re-proposes the main salon on a smaller scale. The original furnishings of the villa have been lost but the historic rooms display furniture and objects of furniture in neoclassical style coming from the antique market, from Villa Camilla di Domaso or from other villas owned by the Province, such as Villa Porro Lambertenghi or Villa Amalia. Paintings, tapestries and sculptures from different historical periods, cataloged and partly exhibited in the halls or in the provincial offices.

Tags: lake of como, villa saporiti "la rotonda"

Related Articles

Visit to Villa Carlotta and its botanic garden

12 June 2017Il Giardino di Lory

The church of Sant’Agostino in Como

24 January 2018Il Giardino di Lory

The Lord of the Lake Como in Varenna

25 September 2017Il Giardino di Lory

Weather forecast

The location could not be found.

Recent Posts

  • 2019: Special Holidays and Easter
  • Summer 2019: two weeks? One day is for free!
  • 2019: Spring Special
  • Villa Margherita Ricordi on the lake of Como
  • Silk Museum in Como
IL GIARDINO DI LORY Residence Lago di Como, Case vacanza Via Provinciale, 25 22013 Vercana Lago di Como - Italia info@ilgiardinodilory.com - tel: +39 3349211979 fax: +39 03441972002
Informazioni legali: Nacupenda sas di Cassera Camilla e Aggio Sarah & C. | Via Dante, 25 | 22100 Como (CO) | P.Iva 03191220130
Some images of the site are used upon Shutterstock.com License and their owners | Sito progettato e realizzato da ShareNow!
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy