Villa Mariani
Villa Mariani rises from the hillside above Bordighera as a summer residence with a precise origin in the 1870s and a later life as a museum. The building began as a one-story cottage with a basement, later expanded into a villa by architect Luigi Broggi, following ownership by Pompeo Mariani, a renowned painter and nephew of Mosè Bianchi. The first major expansion, completed after Mariani acquired the property in 1909, added a full upper floor, wooden balconies on the northwest wing, and a prominent balcony above the main entrance supported by Doric columns. Craftsmen of national repute—cabinet-maker Eugenio Quarti, bronze worker Giovanni Lomazzi, and iron artist Alessandro Mazzucotelli—contributed to the design and fittings. …
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