Hermann Hesse

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

• Created here

  Canvetto Woods

  Hesse painted landscape watercolors during his long walks through the woods of Collina d'Oro.

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  Lived here

  Casa Camuzzi

  Hesse lived and worked in a four-room apartment in Casa Camuzzi from 1919 until 1931.

• Lived here

  Casa Rossa

  Hesse lived at Casa Rossa from 1931 until his death in 1962 and developed his late work here.

• Created here

  Certenago Hamlet

  Hesse painted several views associated with Certenago, including a dated 1927 watercolor bearing the hamlet's name.

• Created here

  Church of Sant'Abbondio

  Hesse made a drawing of Sant'Abbondio in September 1927 after the burial of his friend Hugo Ball.

• Commemorated here

  Hermann Hesse Centenary Memorial Stone

  The memorial stone honors Hesse and the centenary of his birth.

• Commemorated here

  Hermann Hesse Museum at Torre Camuzzi

  The permanent exhibition reconstructs Hesse's life as a writer, painter and private resident of Montagnola.

• Created here

  Sanctuary of Madonna d'Ongero

  Hesse wrote a detailed literary description of the woodland sanctuary and its mountain panorama in 1923.

• Burial place

  Sant'Abbondio Cemetery

  Hesse was buried here after his death in Montagnola in August 1962.