Villa Muzio ---

Virginio Muzio was a Bergamese architect very active in the late nineteenth century, particularly in the restoration, completion and expansion of religious buildings in the city and province: the façade of the parish church of Alzano Lombardo, the forecourt and portico of the parish church of Clusone, the restorations of the Casa dell'Arciprete and the convent of Sant'Agostino, the reconstruction of the baptistery of Santa Maria Maggiore. Moreover, he was among the first to bring Art Nouveau style to Bergamo in buildings such as Casa Paleni and Ristorante Belvedere. The house you are admiring was the residence of architect Muzio, designed by him in 1902 and enriched with refined Art Nouveau elements. The visual focal point of Villa Muzio is not the façade, but one of the corners which on the interior corresponds to the stairwell and the