Villa Pliniana, Renaissance villa in Torno, Italy.
The stone villa stretches along Lake Como with four levels of windows and a central columned loggia facing the water.
Count Giovanni Anguissola commissioned the construction of Villa Pliniana in 1573 as a fortress-like residence near an intermittent spring.
The villa attracted numerous artists and composers in the 1800s, including Franz Liszt, Lord Byron, and Antonio Fogazzaro who set his novel Malombra there.
The building contains multiple reception halls, dining areas, service quarters, and a central courtyard that incorporates the natural spring mentioned by Pliny.
An intermittent karst spring within the villa rises and falls three times daily, flowing through the internal courtyard before reaching Lake Como.
Location: Torno
Inception: 1573
Address: Via Cesare Poggi, 29, Torno
Website: https://serenohotels.com/property/villa-pliniana
GPS coordinates: 45.85787,9.13952
Latest update: July 9, 2025 10:18
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