Villa Mapelli Mozzi
Villa Mapelli Mozzi, also known as Villa Mozzi or Villa Mapelli, is a large rural neoclassical-style palace in Locate Bergamasco, a frazione of Ponte San Pietro, which is located in the province of Bergamo, northern Italy.[1]
History
The site originally held a castle, property of the Mozzi family, but the current villa was completed after 1770 by the count Enrico Mozzi.[2]
The architect is not known definitively, but it could have been a local architect, Giovanni Moroni. He might have had suggestions from Giuseppe Piermarini, since the design is similar to that of the Royal Villa of Monza, and the peaked roof recalls his design for the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.[3]
In 1820, Conte D. Luigi Mozzi was connected with the "villa Mozzi, later Mapelli".[4] The property remains in the possession of the Mapelli Mozzi family who also own the "sumptuous" Villa Mapelli Mozzi located in Casatenovo, between Bergamo and Lake Como.[5][6]
Legacy
The interior of the Ponte San Pietro building has a large staircase leading to a piano nobile frescoed by Vincenzo Angelo Orelli, Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini, and Agostino Comerio. The villa has long held the family's significant works of art, with Alex Mapelli Mozzi (b. 1951) – also of Ponte San Pietro[7] – working internationally as an art dealer and curator.[8][9]
References
- ^ Jackman, R. (28 July 2020). "Princess Beatrice's new palazzo: The story behind the Mapelli Mozzis' family pile". Spectator (LIFE) - © 2020 Spectator (1828) Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
The palace sits in Ponte San Pietro, a small town in the province of Bergamo, northern Italy. Around an hour's drive from Lake Como, it has reportedly been part of the family estate since the 13th century.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Saggi scientifici e letterari dell'Accademia di Padova. Accademia di Padova. 1794. p. xiv.
Enrico Mozzi Patrizio Bergamasco, e Socio dell'Accademia Economico
- ^ Jackman, R. (28 July 2020). "Princess Beatrice's new palazzo: The story behind the Mapelli Mozzis' family pile". Spectator (LIFE) - © 2020 Spectator (1828) Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Documents suggest the palace was built by a local architect called Giovannie Moroni. But its similarities to well-known landmarks suggest Moroni may have taken his lead from a more famous architect – Giuseppe Piermarini, creator of Milan's celebrated opera house.......Both the Mapelli Mozzi palace and the Teatro alla Scala are notable for their stylish peaked roofs, which culminate in a decorated tympanum. In the case of the palace, an eagle – the old Mozzi coat of arms – sits at the top.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Da Ponte, G. (1820). Dizionario odeporico, o sia storico-politiconaturale della ..., Volume 2. Mazzoleni, - Bergamo (Italy : Province). p. 146. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
...Sottoriva, apartenente alla villa Mozzi, ora (later) Mapelli,...conte san. D. Luigi Mozzi dispose varsi di pietra...
- ^ Ceresoli, L. (7 May 2019). "The dream villa in Ponte San Pietro". Bergamo Post. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
The Villa is privately owned and is still partly inhabited". Sergio Limonta, guide of Promoisola, also confirmed: "It is the residence of private individuals who do not accept sightseeing. I [once] took some schoolchildren to visit it with the consent of the kind and aristocratic Mrs. Legler, one of the property, unfortunately now disappeared and therefore the visits for the herds have closed. Her husband was a Mapelli, the last descendants....
- ^ Fontaine, N. (2019). Origins of the Mapelli Mozzi family: the noble ancestors and the title of Earl (Count) of Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Royales Histories. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
(N.B. French to English translation) By the Italian Royal Decree of March 13, 1913, the King of Italy offered the Mapelli family a hereditary title. The male descendants all have the title of "Conte" (storytelling, in French).....The letters patent of July 17, 1913 add the name Mozzi to the title.....Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is therefore count , like his father, as his grandfather ... and as his son, Count Christopher Woolf Mapelli Mozzi . However, since the abolition of the monarchy in Italy (in 1946), titles of nobility no longer have legal value. As for the United Kingdom, he can not recognize these titles of nobility either....As we have seen, the Mapelli Mozzi family belongs to a very old Lombard family , which still owns the sumptuous Villa Mapelli Mozzi located in Casatenovo , between Bergamo and Lake Como. The Mozzi family also owns Villa Mapelli Mozzi in Ponte San Pietro, built in 1770 by Count Enrico Mozzi. Edoardo also descends from the family of Tarsis but also Baroli . The great-grandfather of Edoardo, Count Luigi Mapelli Mozzi , also Knight of the Crown of Italy married in 1919, Nobile Maria Mercredes Baroli , descendant of the noble family of Baroli......
- ^ "Count Alex Mapelli Mozzi". Country Life. Vol. 163. TI Media. 1978. p. 507.
of Mr David Burrows, of Pincents Farm, Theale, Berkshire, and of Mrs Susan Burrows, of 2 Walton Street, London, SW3, is to be married to Alex Mapelli Mozzi, only son of Count Gianpaulo Mapelli Mozzi, of Sottoriva, Ponte San Pietro....
- ^ Art de France, Issue 1. The University of California. 1961. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
Ces décorations d'Ancy elles mêmes sont proches de « la Vénus et les Amours » (collection Mapelli Mozzi, Ponte san Pietro°).
- ^ "South African Digest". Department of Information, South Africa. 1980: 4. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
Alex Mapelli Mozzi (left), the curator of the 143 drinking glasses (photgraphed) with Mr Jimmy Krugar President of the Senate
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External links
- Villa Mapelli Mozzi – Isola Bergamasca website
- Villa Mapelli Mozzi (in Casatenovo) – another Mapelli Mozzi family seat in Casatenovo, Italy
- La famiglia Mapelli (in Italian)