Villa Cademartori

Villa Cademartori is a two-story neoclassical mansion in Blevio situated directly on Lake Como's shore with a distinctive turret on its right side. The building was later divided into multiple residential apartments accessible by a carriageway that connects to the main road toward Como.

The Artaria family, prominent music publishers, built this mansion in the late 1700s and kept it in the family until 1842. Subsequently, owner Corrado Cramer hired German architect Gottfried Semper to redesign it in the Renaissance style during the 1860s.

The villa reflects the design vision of German architect Gottfried Semper, who reshaped it in the Italian Renaissance style starting in 1864. Today the structure still carries the ornamental details and proportions from that period, visible in its facades and decorative elements.

The property is accessible by car or on foot via the carriageway that branches from the main road to Como and descends toward the shore. Plan extra time to walk around the exterior and grounds to appreciate the building's architecture and the mature trees on the property.

The grounds feature a natural grotto carved into the rock and old-growth trees including a large plane tree and a cedar of Lebanon. These natural features make a visit about more than architecture alone, offering shade and quiet spaces beneath specimens that have stood for generations.