Eight hectares of monumental trees along with stunning flowers and plant-life surround an art collection that spans several centuries. Where else but Villa Carlotta, the historic abode overlooking Lake Como. It’s no surprise that Britain’s famed newspaper The Telegraph listed it as one of the reasons to travel to Italy after the pandemia - since the 1600s, the prestigious residence of Tremezzo has been a dream of beauty caressing the senses. Without the Clerici family of Milan it would not exist, but it was an official in service to Napoleon, Giovanni Battista Sommariva, who really embellished it with magnificent works of art. Its name comes from Princess Carlotta of Prussia who was given the villa as a wedding gift when she married the Grand Duke Georg II of Saxony. It is considered one of Italy’s most beautiful parks - a kingdom of camellias and azaleas, rhododendrons and roses, citrus fruit and centuries-old trees. Here, every stroll is a botanical journey around the world and a glimpse at the history of Europe’s gardens - there is an Italian section, a romantic section, a rock garden, a tropical garden, all to be discovered along with the cool valley of ferns, the olive grove or the vegetable garden, cultivated as early as the 1800s. Inside the villa, pastel walls, stucco mouldings and precious furnishings are the backdrop to treasures like The Last Kiss of Romeo and Juliet by Francesco Hayez, the Frieze of Alexander the Great by Bertel Thorvaldsen, as well as the Palamede and the Musa Tersicore by Antonio Canova.
The opera The Marriage of Figaro, the first of three comic operas by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, much appreciated by the public, returns to the Milanese theater in the edition directed by Giorgio Strehler.
To celebrate Serpenti's 75th anniversary, Bulgari presents "75 Years of Infinite Tales," an exhibition in Milan from October 11th to November 19th, showcasing ...
A nature never seen like this: 58th Wildlife Photographer of The Year
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives in Milan with important innovations: the 100 images awarded in the competition organized by the Natural History Museum of London are presented on large light panels that they make them 'alive' and make them an even more engaging and immersive spectacle of nature.
“An Unexpected Collection” - the Contemporary in the Art Collection of Intesa Sanpaolo
From Jean Arp to Lucio Fontana, from Gerhard Richter to Sol LeWitt, 70 works tell of a century of painting and sculpture at the Gallerie d’Italia in Piazza della Scala.
