Tag: Italy

  • 1930s MILANO villa necchi campiglio

    1930s MILANO villa necchi campiglio

    selected leading Milan Architect Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967) who was already building several residences in the neighbourhood.  With a distinctive career in architecture, city planning, decorative arts, restoration, exhibition display as well as writing and teaching. Portaluppi was well established and considered brilliant and creative.

  • MILAN fornasetti

    MILAN fornasetti

    As a longtime fan of Fornasetti’s work, I could not visit Milan without a visit to Fornasetti HQ and Showroom on Courso Venezia. Bold, whimsical and distinctive – Fornasetti’s work has held appeal since the 1980’s and in 2013 an Exhibit titled “100 Years of Practical Madness” was held at the Milan Triennale Design Museum…

  • MILAN bagatti valsecchi

    MILAN bagatti valsecchi

    Villa Bagatti Valsecchi. A mansion located between Via Gesu and Via Santo Spirito in Milan,  Barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi’s extraordinary collections showcasing their love for the past and the Italian Renaissance

  • Villa d’ESTE Tivoli, garden tour

    Villa d’ESTE Tivoli, garden tour

    Villa d’Este was Built in the 1550’s by Ipolito d’Este, grandson to Cardinal Borgia. It is famous for its water features, as Ipolito hired French engineers for the hydrolics as well as arranged withe the local people to use the river in exchange for clean water. Over twenty fountains and several grottos make up this…

  • Tuscany Dreams…

    Bon journo!  I cannot contain my excitement as I anticipate my long awaited trip to Italy.  The itinerary… Two nights in Firenze Two nights in Lucca One week in Loro  ~ which is located halfway between Firenze & Arezzo One week in Cap Martin, near Menton, on the Cote d’Azur I hope to include a…