Palazzo Piccolomini, now serving as a contemporary art gallery and museum, was built 1460 - 1495 for Andrea Piccolomini, nephew of Pope Pius II. It was designed by ... read more
Palazzo Pfanner, an elegant building from 1667, is today a museum including an interesting garden, designed probably by Filippo Juvarra. The palace contains fine ... read more
Palazzo Patrizi dates back to the 16th century, constructed on a former Roman site. It has beautiful interiors with fresco paintings and a restored garden. Today it is ... read more
Palazzo La Marmora is a magnificent historic mansion, still owned by the same family, the Marquess della Marmora, for centuries. The palace can be visited and includes a ... read more
Palazzo Gromo Losa dates back to the 14th century and today in the hands of the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation. It is now functioning as a centre for social and ... read more
Palazzo Ferrero, constructed by the Ferrero family in the 15th and 16th centuries, was acquired by the city from the La Marmora family in the beginning of the 20th century ... read more
Palazzo Farnese, today in the hands of the Italian state, was created early 16th century by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III. The empty main villa, ... read more
Palazzo Fantini is an elegant and austere country seat, dating from the mid-18th century. Today it is still owned and inhabited by the same family for almost three ... read more
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is today still in the hands of the family Doria Pamphij and managed by the family trust. The impressive palace contains an impressive collection of ... read more
Palazzo d'Avalos is a Renaissance palace, once the seat of the d'Avalos family, but presently it houses four museums: the Archaeological Museum, the ... read more
Palazzo Corsini, still privately owned, was built from the mid-17th to the 18th centuries. It has an elegant interior with an impressive entrance staircase, frescoes, ... read more
Villa Torlonia & Gardens, now a museum, were constructed originally from early 1800s for the bankers family Torlonia. In 1925 it was given to Mussolini, which he ... read more
Leonardo's Vineyard, was given to Leonardo da Vinci in 1498 by Duke Ludovico Sforza as a tribute to his admirable Milanese works (such as the “Last Supper” in ... read more
The original Villa Raimondi dates back to the 17th-18th centuries, but has undergone later changes. Today it (Minoprio Foundation) includes a school, library and ... read more
La Villa di Maser (Villa Barbaro) is one of the best examples created by the famous Andrea Palladio (1508-80). The villa, with its beautiful frescoes made by Paolo ... read more
La Cervara Monastery of San Girolamo dates back to 1361, and is today in private hands. The abbey, surrounded by beautiful gardens, is open to the public for cultural, ... read more
Isola Madre is the "Mother", largest and first to be inhabited, of the Verbano Islands. It is closely linked to the Borromeo family since 1502. Its Palazzo ... read more
Isola del Garda, with its long and rich history, dating back to Roman times, is today privately owned and inhabited by the Borghese Cavazza family. The beautiful ... read more
Isola Bella is, together with Isola Madre and the Rocca D'Angera, for centuries in the hands of the renowned historic Borromeo family. Its Palazzo and wonderful ... read more
The Galleria d'Arte Moderna, housed in the Villa Reale, is a modern art museum, featuring mainly Italian and European works from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The ... read more