Villa Allamel, Private villa in Cernobbio, Italy
Villa Allamel stands near Piazza Castello and the Church of San Vincenzo in Cernobbio, with a dépendance whose entrance opens onto the lakeside "riva" opposite the small harbour. The garden holds a beech, a cedar, a mimosa and a magnolia, plus lagerstroemia, pittosporum and olea above the gate on the square. Wisteria covers the lake-facing pergola, a climbing rose lies over the canopy, and two lindens divide the main garden from the dépendance's.
The building was constructed in 1846 by a Milanese baron and changed ownership multiple times throughout the 19th century. The Allamel family later acquired the property and gave it the name it carries today.
The villa gardens contain numerous plant species including beech trees, cedars, mimosas, magnolias, and traditional lake vegetation such as Lagerstroemia and Pittosporum.
The villa stands near Piazza Castello and the Church of San Vincenzo, with a dépendance whose entrance opens onto the lakeside "riva" opposite the small harbour. The garden is divided by a hedge of two lime trees into the main garden and the dépendance garden, linked by gravel paths and a wrought-iron railing along the lake.
The 1923 elevator of wrought iron and mahogany was installed under the Allamel family, who had run a Cernobbio dye works since 1902. The villa stayed with Count Mario Allamel, a collector of textile and tourism records, until his death in December 2004.
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