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Villa Ponti Bellavista Bellagio-Italy
Villa Ponti Bellavista is a secluded villa overlooking Lake Como (6 Rooms and 13 Beds) with outdoor
Bellagio
22021
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When Italy surrendered to the Allies in 1943, German forces occupied most of Northern Italy. Life in Milan was tough and dangerous. For Signore Fossati, a wealthy Milanese industrialist, it was past time to get his wife and two young daughters to safety. He installed his family in a rented house in the picturesque town of Civenna, overlooking Lake Como, to wait out the war.
A year later, while having his afternoon aperitif, the barman told him that a nearby block of land, with the best views Lake Como has to offer, was on the market. He met the owner within the hour and did a handshake deal on the spot.
So begins the story of a house now known as Villa Ponti Bellavista.
Gio Ponti, Italian architectural icon, founder of the world’s foremost architectural magazine, Domus, and family friend of the Fossati family, became engaged. To capture the spirit of the site, which floats in the sky above the lake, Signore Fossati decided to build a ship. This theme was close to Ponti’s heart, who was also famous for his designs of transatlantic ship interiors. So the Domus architects incorporated ship funnels, lights, wood panelling and flooring into the design of a landlocked ocean liner, sailing on the edge of a cliff dropping steeply down the forested hill to the lake.