La Baronata, 18th-century villa in Minusio, Switzerland

La Baronata is a villa complex with two main buildings and secondary structures positioned on a hillside between Minusio and Tenero-Contra. The property displays architectural features from different time periods and remains visible from nearby roads.

Baron Giovanni Antonio Marcacci commissioned the lower Baronata at the end of the 18th century as his summer residence; it was remodelled around the mid-19th century into its present form. In 1873 Mikhail Bakunin bought the property with financial support from Carlo Cafiero and had the upper Baronata built the same year to plans by Walerian Mroczkowski and Francesco Galli. Bakunin left at the end of July 1874, returning the property to Cafiero.

The name comes from Baron Giovanni Antonio Marcacci, who left the lower villa to Locarno on his death in 1854. In 1873 Bakunin bought the estate with money from Carlo Cafiero and housed guests such as Andrea Costa, Lodovico Nabruzzi, Errico Malatesta and Giuseppe Fanelli. Ricarda Huch titled a chapter of her 1923 Bakunin biography "Die Tragödie der Baronata".

The complex is private property and cannot be visited. It stands on the hillside between Minusio and Tenero-Contra, and the lower building's first-floor loggia and corner tower can be made out from outside the grounds. The estate once reached down to Lake Maggiore.

The lower section features an open loggia on the first floor and a corner tower, distinctive elements from the period it was built. These architectural details set it apart from other buildings in the region.