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The Villa Mariani is located at 5 Via Fontana Vecchia in Bordighera on the Riviera in province of Imperia. == History == The Villa Pompeo Mariani was born as a cottage. In 1885 the countess Fanshawe had asked the architect Charles Garnier to build a residence for her on the hill of Bordighera. At first it was a one-story cottage with basement, whose main room was lit by a large window that still exists. Pompeo Mariani, a famous painter of the time and nephew of the famous Mosè Bianchi, bought the property in 1909 and asked the architects Luigi Broggi and Angelo Savoldi (architect) to expand the building. During this first extension they added a floor to the villa, realized wooden balconies on the north-west wing and a balcony above the main entrance, supported by Doric columns. This expansion saw the collaboration of numerous nationally known craftsmen such as the cabinet-maker Eugenio Quarti, who created much furniture, the bronze worker Giovanni Lomazzi,〔(Giovanni Lomazzi and children (1883-1963) - Historical archives - Lombardy Cultural Heritage )〕 who took charge of the brass and Alessandro Mazzucotelli who made the iron decorations. A particularly valuable addition to the gate entrance and the street lights that decorate the garden is the writing on Mariani’s bedroom balcony which reads "Ave Mariani pictor very famous and to Lisander Ferree", still visible on the side south of the villa.〔(Painter Mariani P. Mastorakis ISBN 978-88-6462-315-3 )〕 The second extension dates from 1914 and was given to the architect and friend Rodolfo Winter, son of the botanist Ludwig Winter. On this occasion the north-western wing was extended, the balconies were closed and a terrace built to admire the lower city, the sea and the French coast. The villa then reached an area of 600 square meters. The interior, which can still be visited, has not only maintained its original furnishings, but also many personal items of Mariani such as clothes, hats, walking sticks, etc. The lounge, which thanks to Winter’s expansion reached 90 square meters, still retains a belief in oak paneling built by Eugenio Quarter. On a piece of furniture there is a clock given by Arturo Toscanini, depicting a scene from the Turandot of Giacomo Puccini, and a friend of the two artists. A trivia is that the Turandot, Puccini's unfinished work, was eventually completed by Franco Alfano, who stayed in Bordighera in 1926, in the Villa of the Waves, as he composed the work "Madonna Imperia". In the dining room there is a brass glass case by Giovanni Lomazzi created for the Universal Exhibition of Paris of 1989, which earned him an honorable mention. On the first floor you can admire the bedroom which has remained miraculously intact. Above the bed are the message boards, made by Eugenio Quarter, where Mariani always kept the sheets on which to sketch something. On the shelf of toiletries there are his razor and his talcum powder.〔 The Villa’s Park, appliances and all the contents of the property are protected by the Ligurian Superintendence for Architectural Heritage and Landscape.〔http://www.sbapge.liguria.beniculturali.it/static/DOCUMENTI/elenchi2014-02/im_vincoli.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Villa Mariani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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