Villa Carminati-Ferrario is a building located in
Monza
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,
Italy
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, in piazza Citterio. It was built in 1830 and designed by the architect
Pietro Pestagalli, in late
neoclassical style.
The layout of the villa is u-shaped, centered on an internal
courtyard
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, which reflects the architectural taste of Bourgeois families at the time. A small
garden
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with two palm trees is located at the front of the building facing piazza Citterio.
The facade is symmetrical and decorated with
reliefs
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by
Girolamo Rusca Girolamo is an Italian variant of the name Hieronymus. Its English equivalent is Jerome.
It may refer to:
* Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576), Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler
* Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – after ...
depicting the four seasons.
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Buildings and structures in Monza
Houses completed in 1830
Neoclassical architecture in Lombardy
Carminati Ferrario
1830 establishments in the Austrian Empire