Villa Bernasconi is a typical example of an isolated villa with an Art Nouveau turret.
Located in Cernobbio, it was commissioned by the textile entrepreneur Davide Bernasconi to the Milanese architect Alfredo Campanini.
The Villa is spread over two floors, free plan, with a basement and a turret. Access takes place through two different paths. The main one, on the east side, through a staircase leads to a veranda with a metal frame and polychrome decorations.
From this veranda you enter a central square room or the staircase. The second entrance, on the south side, leads to a curved loggia / balcony and from here to the reception room.
The main element of the composition is the space of the central staircase which becomes a panoramic tower, continuing in height beyond the upper floor.
The dynamic articulation of volumes of different heights is characterized by the decorations around the openings, connected by two friezes: the first, lower, of bricks; the second, higher, of polychrome ceramic tiles.
The villa houses the first permanent speaking museum dedicated to Liberty and the Bernasconi family, inaugurated with a triduum of events between 24 and 26 November 2017 and is managed by the Mondovisione SCS cooperative.
Villa Bernasconi Museum
Address: Largo Alfredo Campanini, 2, 22012
Phone: 031 3347209
Site:
https://www.villabernasconi.eu/Location inserted by
Art Nouveau, Italian Liberty