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A magnificent complex of buildings and gardens, built and constructed between the 1400s and 1800s, the Villa today represents a perfect and harmonious blend of the ancient and the modern functionality, made possible by a careful restoration that has seen the pre-existing architectural lines maintained.

At first part of the Serponti family's estate, the structure later passed into the hands of several prestigious figures, such as Baron Isimbardi, who in the early 19th century implanted there a laboratory of the Milan Mint, of which he was Director; the Andreossi family, Sir Sulton, the English Astleys and, finally, the Accame family.

In 1980 it was purchased by the people of Varenna, through a public and voluntary subscription, for public use.
Currently owned by the City of Varenna, it is now used as a renowned hotel/restaurant-convention center. A municipal venue for civil ceremony weddings, each year it hosts dozens and dozens of weddings of couples from all over the world.
The gardens of Villa Cipressi, which are open to the public, are an architectural masterpiece characterized by stairways and terraces sloping down to the lake; numerous plant species are present, including, for example, the 'American agave, which flourishes wildly here, the araucaria, the strawberry tree (or Patriots' plant), the myrtle, the tamarisk, the cypress, and the diospiro, to name but a few.

Numerous collections of seasonal species.