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Villa Turconi

Villa Turconi

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Villa Turconi

Name: Villa Turconi
Rating: 2

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Location: Castel San Pietro, Ticino, Switzerland

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Best Hikes to Villa Turconi

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1. L'uomo e la vite – circular tour from Mendrisio

11.6km

03:20

280m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. The parks of Mendrisiotto – loop tour from Chiasso

23.4km

06:49

580m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Wine Route of Corteglia – Mendrisio Vineyards loop from Mendrisio

9.49km

02:37

160m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jonathan

April 3, 2022

Villa Turconi, attributed to the architect Carlo Francesco Silva from Morbio Inferiore, is one of the most beautiful buildings among those that arose in the district in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The building with two floors upstream and three with the kitchen and cellars downstream, develops around a large polygonal hall of honor which occupies almost the entire width and from which the internal entrances start. The hall and five of the rooms around it are decorated with painted coffered ceilings and bands of frescoes.

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Antonino Pigafetta

August 28, 2022

The imposing rectangular building, which stands out against the slope of the hill, has two floors upstream and three floors (including service rooms) downhill, where two slightly overhanging side wings enclose a terrace on arches (under which there was a fake cave in tuff and mosaic eliminated during the restoration of the 1960s), from which you can enjoy a wide panorama of the Mendrisiotto. The slope slopes in terraced crags; However, almost nothing remains of the original park.

Source:
Art guide of Italian Switzerland – Edited by the Society of Art History in Switzerland – Ed. Casagrande

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Elevation 400 m

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Villa Turconi

1. L'uomo e la vite – circular tour from Mendrisio

2. The parks of Mendrisiotto – loop tour from Chiasso

3. Wine Route of Corteglia – Mendrisio Vineyards loop from Mendrisio

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