Villa Albergoni

[citation needed] Villa Albergoni is located on a plateau near the Adda river, in a marshy area that was politically difficult to control on the border between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan.

[2][1] The powerful Milanese Vimercati family settled in Crema, probably in the 13th century, and the fiefdom of Moscazzano was entrusted in 1499.

Around that time, the family probably also started to transform the ruins of a previous castle into a country residence.

[3] According to a map dating from around 1650, in the archive of the Marazzi family, the villa was designed with a cubic body and a four-pitched roof, but without the two current towers.

An engraving depicting the villa with the garden and the pond was made by Finoli Bassano in honour of Count Angelo Griffoni, who was owner from 1823 until his death in 1852.

[6][7][8][3] Villa Albergoni is set in two hectares (4.9 acres) and includes annexed minor buildings.

Inside the villa is a large entranceway with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and terrazzo floor, which goes to the back of the building.