Address: Via Mozart, 14, 20122 Milan MI
Contact: 0276340121
fainecchi@fondoambiente.it
Secluded in the heart of a quiet neighborhood in the center of Milan, Villa Necchi Campiglio was designed in the early 1930s by architect Piero Portaluppi at the behest of sisters Nedda and Gigina Necchi and Gigina’s husband Angelo Campiglio, exponents of an educated Lombard industrial bourgeoisie in step with the times.
In addition to the villa, the garden housed the janitor’s house with concierge, greenhouse, garage, tennis court and swimming pool (the first privately owned in Milan).
The mezzanine floor served as the reception area, while the second floor was reserved for the family’s private rooms.
Spaces designed for industrious hosts, but still able to enjoy their leisure time in the company of guests and friends, rooms where innovation translated into the comfort and efficiency of elevators, dumbwaiters, interior intercoms, sliding security doors, and walled-in vaults. All features that, in luxury and modernity, made the Villa one of the iconic residences of the era.
Three important donations enrich the visit today: Claudia Gian Ferrari’s collection of early 20th-century works of art, Alighiero and Emilietta de’ Micheli’s collection of 18th-century paintings and decorative arts, and since 2017, the Guido Sforni (1935-1975) collection consisting of 21 drawings on paper by 20th-century artists.
Today the Villa is open to all, thus respecting the wishes of the Necchi sisters who entrusted the mansion to the FAI in 2001 precisely to make it a place to live and frequent, thanks in part to the cool garden, numerous events on the calendar, and an elegant bistro tucked away in the greenery.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.villanecchicampiglio.it/
