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Menaggio

Villa Vigoni

The Mylius family's villa at Loveno, above Menaggio, now the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue, open for guided visits.

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Visit duration
1 h – 1 h 30
Booking
Required
Area
Centro Lago
The Mylius villa above its lawn, green shutters and the trees of the park.Ottantafame · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Mylius villa above its lawn, green shutters and the trees of the park.

Ottantafame · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

In 1829 Heinrich Mylius, a merchant born in Frankfurt who had made his fortune in Milan, bought an estate at Loveno, above Menaggio, as a wedding present for his son Julius and Luigia Vitali.

After Julius died, the villa became a place of remembrance for him: the paintings and sculptures Mylius commissioned for it take loss, fate and trust in the future as their themes. The last descendant, Ignazio Vigoni Medici di Marignano, left it in his will to the Federal Republic of Germany: today it is Villa Vigoni, the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue, which since 1986 has brought together scholars of the two countries here. Around the villa lies a large park, with a little temple among the cypresses.

  • A lake villa you visit inside, with its collections, not only from the garden.
  • The story of a family between Frankfurt and the lake, told on the guided visit.

Highlights

  • The Mylius house and its collections
  • The park above Menaggio
  • The little temple among the cypresses
  • Villa Garovaglio-Ricci, on the same estate

Getting there

  • On foot from the centre of Menaggio up to Loveno, about twenty-five minutes uphill.
  • The tour meets at the villa's reception, Via Giulio Vigoni 1.
Inside the little temple in the park: the white marble memorial inscribed “Alla memoria di Giulio Mylius”, the relief of his death and, on either side, the busts of Giulio and Enrico Mylius.Boubloub · CC0

Practical information

Address

Via Giulio Vigoni 1, 22017 Loveno di Menaggio

Telephone

+39 0344 361245

Facilities

Car park 235 m away · free

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Webcams

Updated 9 October 2026

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Sources and credits

Verified at source1 Oct – 9 Oct 2026Villa Vigoni — visite guidateopens in a new tab

Sources and credits

Verified at source1 Oct – 9 Oct 2026Villa Vigoni — visite guidateopens in a new tab