Villa Brivio is a 19th-century building in the Baraggia district of

Brugherio Brugherio (; in lmo, Brughee ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan. It was established December 9, 1866 unifying the suppressed municipalities of Ba ...

, Italy. Owned by the municipality, it houses a residential center specializing in psychiatric therapy.

History and architecture

Today's building is highly compartmentalized and is attached to a development overlooking the Via Santa Margherita. The only evidence of the original structure (dated to the 16th century and now lost) is the Church of Saint Margaret which is attached to the building. In 1869, the villa came under the ownership of Marquess Brivio, from whom it takes its present name. It was later bought by the Municipality of Brugherio and restored between 1994 and 1999. It now houses a psychiatric institution called ''Le Magnolie''. The U-shaped layout is the result of the villa's adaptations in the 19th century. A park was developed around the villa while it belonged to Giovan Battista Bernareggi. The buildings on either side of the main entrance include a

porter's lodge A porters' lodge or porter's lodge (colloquially, plodge) is a place near the entrance of a building where one or more porters can be found to respond to student enquiries as well as enquires from the public and direct them around the building ...

. The drive leads into an inner courtyard flanked by an L-shape structure, composed of two parts, built separately in the 19th and 20th centuries. Behind the 20th-century addition, there is a park next with a belvedere

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rising slightly above the villa's roof. On the exterior, as decoration, there are

string course A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the ...

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

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and squares. Parco di Villa Brivio 02

The park next to Villa Brivio is a prominent green area in the city.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brivio Brugherio Tourist attractions in Lombardy Parks in Lombardy Urban public parks

Brivio Brivio ( Brianzöö: ; Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It is served by Olgiate-Calco-Brivio railway station Olgiate-Calco-Brivio is a railway station in Italy. Located ...