Villa Necchi Campiglio

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The garden side of the building

The Villa Necchi Campiglio is a villa built in the 1930s in Milan by the Necchi Campiglio family in the style of the Milanese Novecento and surrounded by a large garden. The villa is now owned by the FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano , the Italian Foundation for Monument and Environmental Protection, and has been part of the Case Museo di Milano museum trail since 2008 . It is located in Milan city center at 14 Via Mozart.

The Necchi Campiglio family and their time

The builders, the siblings Gigina, Nedda and Vittorio Necchi as well as Gigina's husband, Angelo Campiglio, were representatives of the bourgeois industrialists of Lombardy . The building shows the lifestyle of the clients who were not subject to any budget restrictions and who stand out for their excellent furnishings and perfect artistic execution.

From 1920 to 1960, the families of the builders were involved in the production of enamelled household goods and sewing machines (brand: Necchi ). Despite the Great Depression of 1929 and the Second World War, these years were a time of modernization and urban redevelopment for the Lombard capital. Examples are the main train station in Milan, the motorway to the Lombardy lakes, the football stadium and the airport for seaplanes. After the war, the exhibition grounds, the subway and the Pirelli high-rise were added.

The building

The library

The building was constructed between 1932 and 1935 by the Milanese architect Piero Portaluppi (1888-1967). Except for some parts of the interior, it has been completely preserved both inside and out. In the garden there are modern components such as the heated swimming pool and the tennis court in a spacious environment. Inside there is a library on the ground floor, starting from a walnut and rosewood paneled vestibule, with an adjoining winter garden. The other side of the ground floor contains a smoking room, the dining room and the adjoining rooms for housekeeping. Angelo Campiglio's office, equipped with contemporary furniture, is also located on the ground floor. The kitchen, the pantries, the dining room for the servants etc. and a billiard room have been lowered. A generous wooden staircase leads to the upper floor to the house owners' rooms and the guest rooms of Heinrich von Hessen-Kassel (it .: Enrico d'Assia), who as the set designer of the Teatro alla Scala had permanent residence here. The servants' rooms and a bathroom are located in the attic.

History of the house

Smoking room
Salle à Manger

The area in which the villa stands was occupied by private fruit and vegetable gardens until the end of the 19th century. The area was only developed after the Institute for the Blind was established in 1890–1892. The development took place after the conclusion of a corresponding contract by the city of Milan and Countess Antonietta Sola-Busca through several streets, which also includes Via Mozart. The previously undeveloped site was developed and built on from 1926 on the basis of a development plan by the architect Aldo Andreani .

Angelo Campiglio and the Necchi siblings acquired the property in 1930 and had a modern building built on it that included lifts, a dumbwaiter, internal and external telephones and a heated pool. From 1938 on, the owners had the garden redesigned from a modern look to a baroque garden.

During the Second World War, the homeowners withdrew into their property near Barasso near Varese . The villa became the command center of the fascist minister Alessandro Pavolini , who was arrested and shot together with Mussolini while on the run in April 1945. After that, the building was occupied by the British and then the seat of the consul of the Netherlands in Milan. After a few years, the builders were able to move back into their villa, some of the furnishings were given away to the staff and “more modern” furniture was purchased. When Gigina Necchi died in 2001, the last of the Necchi Campiglio family, she bequeathed the house to the FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano. The FAI had the building restored by the architect Piero Castellini, a grandson of Piero Portaluppi. In 2008 the villa was opened to the public.

Todays use

The villa can be viewed from the basement to the top floor including the garden. It houses Claudia Gian Ferrari's collection of works of art from the early 20th century (for example La famiglia del pastore by Mario Sironi ) on permanent loan to the FAI. There is also the collection of paintings and works of art from the 18th century by the collector couple Alighiero and Emilietta de 'Micheli , which were bequeathed to the FAI. The villa is also a popular event location. During the Milan Fashion Weeks, it will be used by the Tod’s fashion house as a representative office and exhibition location.

In the movie

The villa is the setting for the film I Am Love (2010) by Italian director Luca Guadagnino and the film The Tamed Shrew with Adriano Celentano and Ornella Muti .

literature

Exhibition catalogs

Web links

Commons : Villa Necchi Campiglio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAZ from December 9, 2010, page R4: The luck with the vacant lot


Coordinates: 45 ° 28 ′ 7.5 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 7 ″  E