The guest house of a nineteenth-century lakeside villa at Portezza, on the Tremezzina shore of Lake Como, now let as a holiday home.
At a glance
Casa Vittoria stands at Portezza, a hamlet of Tremezzina on the western shore of Lake Como that the owners describe as an old fishing village. It was the guest house of a larger villa. Today it is a holiday home with four twin rooms, a garden on the water and its own landing stage.
History
The owners describe the villa as a neoclassical work of the first half of the nineteenth century, built for the Milanese Litta Modignani family to a design by Luigi Tatti (1808–1881). Tatti was a Como engineer and architect whose work includes the start of the city’s cemetery, and lists of his buildings include a Villa Litta Modignani at Tremezzo, dated 1839. The architect Cristiana Vannini later restored the guest house, keeping its original features.
What you see
The house faces the lake across its garden, and a jetty takes motorboats and even seaplanes. The owners’ description mentions beamed ceilings, wooden floors, and rooms furnished with period pieces and paintings.
Portezza holds two landmarks a few steps away. The small church of San Vincenzo dates from the eleventh or twelfth century; its walls are squared Moltrasio stone, with large reused blocks of granite and marble low down. Villa Silvestri, built in 1929–1932 to a design by Pietro Lingeri, sits on the foundations of a former boatyard and rethinks the old lakeside house in a modern key.
Key facts
- Building: guest house (foresteria) of a neoclassical villa, first half of the 19th century, according to the owners
- Architect: Luigi Tatti (1808–1881), according to the owners
- Restoration: architect Cristiana Vannini
- Today: private holiday home with four twin rooms, lakeside garden and jetty
- Address: Via Lario 2, 22016 Tremezzina (CO), Italy
- GPS: 45.977603, 9.202339 · Open in Google Maps
- Website: casavittoriacomolake.it
Practical information
Casa Vittoria is a private holiday rental, not a house open for visits. The ground floor holds a shared kitchen, dining room and living room, so the whole house can be taken by one large family. Bookings and current conditions are on the official website.
Getting there
Portezza lies on the Strada statale 340 Regina, the road that follows the western shore of Lake Como through Tremezzina. The house can also be reached from the water, at its own jetty.
Nearby
- Church of San Vincenzo, Portezza, 11th–12th century
- Villa Silvestri, Portezza, by Pietro Lingeri, 1929–1932
Sources
- Casa Vittoria, Villa in Como Lake (owners’ description)
- Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, TATTI, Luigi
- Wikipedia (it), Luigi Tatti
- Lombardia Beni Culturali, Chiesa di S. Vincenzo – complesso, Tremezzina
- Lombardia Beni Culturali, Villa Silvestri, Portezza, Tremezzina
- myLakeComo, Church of San Vincenzo
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