Architectural style Classic Phone +39 031 3491 Architect Angelo Savoldi | Location Cernobbio, Italy Province Province of Como | |
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Address Largo Luchino Visconti, 4, 22012 Cernobbio CO, Italy Similar Villa d'Este, Lake Como, Villa Bernasconi, Villa del Balbianello, Villa Olmo Profiles | ||
Villa erba
Villa Erba is a 19th-century villa in Cernobbio, on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. It was built by Luigi Erba, brother of the prominent businessman Carlo Erba (founder of the first Italian pharmaceutical company), to show off his wealth.
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After the death of Luigi Erba, the villa was inherited by his daughter Carla and was used by members of Carla's family, including her son Luchino Visconti. In 1986, it was bought by a public consortium to use as an exposition and congress center.
In 2004, the villa served as a filming location for the movie Ocean's Twelve. In early 2005, American singer Gwen Stefani, shot the music video for her 2005 single, Cool, on the villa's grounds. In the same year, a leg of Anastacia's Live at Last Tour was hosted in the villa's park.