Architettura
Villa Olmo
In 1927, the future set up shop around Villa Olmo. Temporary pavilions presented hydroelectric power, telephony, telegraphy, and silk, turning an aristocratic summer retreat into Como’s showcase for what came after Volta.
Perché vale la deviazione
Villa Olmo became the main exhibition ground for the 1927 centenary of Volta’s death. Temporary pavilions connected his experimental pile to hydroelectric power, telephony, telegraphy, and the vast electrical industries that followed.
Villa Olmo is a neoclassical villa in Como, Italy, known for its historical exhibitions and beautiful lakeside gardens. Commissioned in the late 18th century, it offers a glimpse into the region's architectural heritage.
Le persone legate a questo indirizzo
Legami documentati, non aneddoti da rotocalco.
Alessandro Volta
A version of Giovanni Battista Comolli's bust of Volta is displayed in the villa's Hall of Honor.
Che cosa c’è nei paraggi
I luoghi raccontati più vicini, con la distanza in linea d’aria da qui.
300 m
Former Tintoria Subalpina
Silk out, hotel rooms in. This address once handled dyeing, printing and finishing; now much of it belongs to residences and the Hilton Lake Como—a serious career change.
400 m
Giovio Museum
On Lake Como’s shore, 484 painted faces once stared back at visitors: writers, rulers, statesmen and dignitaries gathered not for a banquet, but for Paolo Giovio’s remarkably early public archive of fame.
650 m
Bruno Pessina Workers’ Houses and Factory Chimney
The chimney gives the game away. This stretch of Borgo Vico now blends into the city, but the brick survivor above you belonged to a silk works that employed as many as 160 people in the 1930s.
750 m
Canottieri Lario Clubhouse
Antonietta Sinigaglia commemorated her champion-rower son Giuseppe not with a statue, but with a clubhouse built on Como’s reclaimed shore—reportedly in just seven months.
750 m
Villa Sucota and the Antonio Ratti Foundation
A silk manufacturer hunts through old textile patterns, looking not for nostalgia but for the next luxury fabric. The hunt grows into a vast collection—and then into a foundation.
800 m
Como War Memorial
Lake Como usually gets the soft-focus treatment: water, mountains, palaces. Then, on Via Giancarlo Puecher, a war memorial interrupts the postcard and changes the mood.
Percorrilo con le storie
Questo indirizzo è una tappa fra tante. I nostri itinerari e le quest le collegano in una passeggiata che funziona sul posto.