Villa Tittoni Traversi, Desio

The structure was rebuilt and redesigned first in 1776 by Giuseppe Piermarini in a Neoclassical style.

In 1817, the villa was sold to the lawyer Giovanni Traversi; beginning in 1840, the interiors were refurbished and the façade was added by Pelagio Palagi.

The palace has extensive gardens, designed in a free nineteenth-century "English style".

After World War II, the house functioned as a seminary, until, in 1975, it was acquired by the comune of Desio.

The villa now hosts a library and museum, named after Giuseppe Scalvini.