Architect Giovanni Ruggeri | ||
Address Via Camillo Benso di Cavour, 8, 20063 Cernusco sul Naviglio MI, Italy Similar Villa Fiorita, Cascina Burrona, Sesto San Giovanni railway st, Galbiati Miscellaneus Museum, Verziere Column | ||
Villa Alari, also known as the Villa Visconti di Saliceto, is a Rococo style rural palace in Cernusco sul Naviglio, in the Province of Milan, in the Region of Lombardy, Italy. It is used as a hospital.
History
Construction for the "villa di delizia" (or villa of delights) was begun in 1703 and concluded in 1719, commissioned by Giacinto Alari (1668-1753) from the architect Giovanni Ruggeri. The piano nobile was decorated with stucco and frescoes in 1720-1725. The design of the interior decoration is also assigned to Ruggeri, but the mythologic and allegoric frescoes were completed with the help of Giovanni Angelo Borroni, Francesco Fabbrica, Pietro Maggi, Salvatore Bianchi, Giovanni Antonio Cucchi, and Francesco Bianchi. At one time the private rooms had genre and pastoral paintings respectively by the painters Enrico Albricci and Francesco Londonio. Fabbrica, for example, frescoed the Triumph of Apollo in the main ball room.
In 1772 to 1776, the villa was used by the Archduke Ferdinand, Governor of the Austrian Lombardy. The Alari attempted, but failed to sell the villa to the Duke.
After the death of Saulo Alari in 1831, the villa was sold to the Visconti di Saliceto. It is now used as a hospital.