Dreilindenpark, Urban park and cultural property in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Dreilindenpark is an urban park in Lucerne that contains Villa Vicovaro, a former agricultural building, and a gatehouse spread across its grounds. The paths wind past marble sculptures and artificial ruins that add to the park's distinctive character.
Eleonora Cenci, Princess of Vicovaro, bought the site in 1890 and had an English landscape garden laid out by 1891 to plans by architect Edward Heweston, with the gatehouse built in 1890, the villa in 1890–1891 and the economy building in 1897. In 1923 the estate passed to the Kiefer-Hablitzel couple, who later bequeathed it to the city of Lucerne; from 1952 the buildings housed the conservatory, from 1999 part of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik.
Locals call the park Konsipark because the Lucerne Conservatory used the villa from 1952, later part of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music, until it moved to Kriens in summer 2020. The city music school still holds auditions and concerts in the villa and the economy building, and the Festival Strings Lucerne chamber orchestra has its offices in the gatehouse.
The park lies on the Dreilinde hill between the city and the Dietschiberg, with views over Lake Lucerne and the mountains. The grounds hold the Villa Vicovaro, an economy building, a gatehouse, an artificial ruin, marble sculptures and a grotto. The gatehouse houses the orchestra offices of Festival Strings Lucerne; the city music school holds concerts in the villa and economy building.
The park's nickname, Konsipark, comes from the Lucerne Conservatory, which used the Villa Vicovaro from 1952 until the music school moved out in summer 2020. The gatehouse now holds the offices of the Festival Strings Lucerne chamber orchestra.
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