Villa Mattioli
Eclectic with neo-baroque references, Villa Mattioli presents itself with an artistic language rooted in tradition
Villa Mattioli
Eclectic with neo-baroque references, Villa Mattioli presents itself with an artistic language rooted in tradition
The History
The Lesmo fiefdom began in year 1733 with the feudal succession of Count Giambattista Trotti.
At that time in Peregallo there was a dwelling built at the beginning of the century by Count Giuseppe Saronno within a big park and a small church dedicated to Sant’Antonio Abate. Over the years the Villa passed into the hands of the Curti family and later of the Sala family to then become the property of the engineer Giuseppe Mattioli, minister of the Casa Reale di Savoia, married to Elena Rietti.
At that time most of the eighteenth-century’s dwelling had been demolished, in 1890 work began for the construction of a new villa based on the architect Antonio Citterio’s project, a Camillo Boito’s student. With the twentieth century, the noble dwelling underwent a new change of ownership by the acquisition of the Vismara family. Of the eighteenth-century dwelling no considerable trace remains, while the oratory of Sant’Antonio Abate still bears witness to the ancient compendium. In 1952, a year after the death of the Rietti Mattioli widow, the dwelling became the site of Pedagogical College, a private institute reserved for education of the public officials and state parliamentarians children, structured in the wake of the Montessori method.
The institute’s luck did not go beyond the decade, since in the 1960s the entire complex was purchased by the IBM Company which adapted it into an elegant recreational club for company employees. The articulated activity path of the villa, in addition of the Peregallo Country Club, between 1994 and 2000, reaches the last turning point of ownership in 2001, when the entire complex is acquired by the Mazzoleni family, as known as Villa Mattioli – Dimore del Gusto.
Villa Valenca
In the 13th century, the Lechi or Lecchi, Italian noble family originally from the Lecco area, settled in Brescia and became owner of the Villa Valenca dwelling
Villa Valenca
In the 13th century, the Lechi or Lecchi, Italian noble family originally from the Lecco area, settled in Brescia and became owner of the Villa Valenca dwelling
The History
Many illustrious characters crossed the gates of the villa:
At that time, the noble family owned several properties in Montirone, Boldeniga, Calvisano as well as in Brescia.
He then decided to sell Villa Valenca to architect Angelo Zotti, who restructured it while maintaining its original beauty and enhancing its particularities.
That was until Mazzoleni family purchase.