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Villa Burba Cornaggia Medici

Rho, Italy

Villa Burba Cornaggia Medici

Villa Burba, also known as Villa Burba Cornaggia Medici, is a 17th-century villa and garden complex located in the town of Rho, within the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, in Northern Italy. The villa's date of completion (1665) is inscribed on a fireplace in its main hall. It was originally bu

ilt as a rural residence for local nobility and was later acquired by the Cornaggia Medici family in 1873. The villa features elements of Lombard Baroque architecture, including a U-shaped layout with a central portico supported by three arches and paired columns, as well as decorative wrought-iron balconies, gates and railings. The complex also includes ancillary buildings such as a chapel, barns and stables, all of which have been restored. Adjacent to the villa is a historic garden designed in the Baroque tradition, featuring formal pathways and a variety of rare and centuries-old plant species. The garden, which is seasonally open to the public, is recognized for its landscape and botanical value and was included in the ReGIS (Rete dei Giardini Storici) network in 2019. Today, Villa Burba is owned and managed by the Municipality of Rho. Its right...

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