Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, Bisuschio

[1] In that occasion, a large bear (the diary of a participant describes it as weighing 250 lbs or 114 kg) wounded three hunters and killed a dog.

The Galeazzo Maria, grateful for the protection received against the bear, granted Agostino the exaction of taxes for the whole area of Varese, up to an established maximum.

The gardens were commissioned by Ascanio Mozzoni in the late 16th century, who took ideas from other estates he visited in his travels.

The austere Villa facade transitions to a frescoed courtyard with images of hunters on horseback and country scenes.

The interior walls are extensively frescoed by artists of the school of the Campi of Cremona,[2] breaking the rigid lines of the buildings themselves.