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XVIII. The main architect Lombardy Baroque style
of the villa was Count Ga- were modeled.
leazzo Arconati, a famous
collector.
GARDENS
The current design of the
villa is due to Count Giu- The gardens were remoseppe Antonio Arconati deled from the previous
who began his work on Italian style to the French
the park in 1742, when style, building an audienthe Southwest wing was ce in front of the new faadded to the villa, and the cade south and east. The
west façade plus the new structure of the gardens is
south facade in the late very formal and has three
main axes of perspective from which diagonal
axes start. The interior of
the gardens we can found
berceaux, statues, pools,
ponds and fountains.
The villa blends into the
garden in a unique space,
and is one of the few examples in Italy of French garden with its theaters and
water games. The theater
built in masonry and “im-
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