The old line of the Roman road between Mediolanum and Comum, then
resumed from the old Valassina, Desio is important at northern
Milanese since 649, when Bishop John Bono founded the church of
Saints and Maternal Siro. Theater in 1277 the decisive battle
between Otto Visconti and Napo Tower, a grown since the fourteenth
century, was in the middle of this century by a castle Bernaḅ
Visconti integrated in the system of walls. The site of the fortress
was built in the eighteenth century Villa second Cusani, then
Tittoni Traversi, a project of Giuseppe Piermarini neoclassical
redesigned mid nineteenth century by Pelagius Palagi. Among the many
other residences of the nobility Milan are also considerable Villa
Aliprandi and, in the hamlet of San Giuseppe, Villa Ferrario,
seventeenth-century home with a contemporary oratory to the first
building. Direct Heir of the seventh century church is the parish
desiana, whose current building was begun in 1651 and completed more
than a century later.
Basilica of Saints Siro and Maternal
The interior of the basilica was thought the second-century
stylistic models and hosts several altars of note, with baroque
decorations.
Significant reported frescoes on canvas depicting the entry of Jesus
into Jerusalem (1861) and Jesus and children (1858), the work of
painter Mauro Conconi. The church also serves as altar, the Madonna
and Child with Saints painted in 1480 by Stefano De Faithful, the
altarpiece of the thirteenth century Oratory of S. Peter and the
relics of San Siro. A side of the basilica stands Gothic tower,
probably dating back to the beginning of the fifteenth century.
The square is the monument visible Pius XI bronze sculptor Albert
Dressler.
Address:
Via Conciliazione, 2 -20033 - Desio
Hours:
7.30-12.30 14.30-18.30
Villa Cusani Tittoni Traversi
At the end of Via Lampugnani is Villa Cusani Tittoni Traversi, built
in the eighteenth century designed by the architect Giuseppe
Piermarini. Just to Piermarini, in collaboration with the Villoresi,
was responsible for the creation of the grandiose park.
Around 1840 the complex was greatly expanded and redesigned by
Pelagius Palagi Bologna, which in addition to treating the
architectural parts, also designed the interior decorative elements.
The Palagi worked at the villa between 1817 and 1846, erecting a
building in the park in the form of a Gothic tower and expanding the
building. This building stands on the complex of buildings that once
formed a Franciscan monastery. The ancient environments are now
occupied by a splendid mineralogical collection, which is
qualitatively one of the best in Europe.
The ground floor rooms decorated with presents elements derived from
different styles: neoclassical, Gothic, Baroque, Arabic. Very
interesting is the chapel dedicated to St. Francis, built in the
eighteenth century, which has a stucco ornaments, paintings and
parts made by the brothers Gerli.
Behind the villa opens the beautiful Municipal Park, surplus gardens
that once decorated this holiday residence.
For demonstrations and visits to the villa
Tel: 0362.392240
