It is called \u201cVarese, Garden City\u201d, and one of the reasons is certainly its parks, both public and private.<\/p>\n
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In fact, no fewer than seven historic parks belong to the council<\/strong>; first of all, there are the Estensi Gardens<\/strong>, which, together with the park of Villa Mirabello, provide the setting of the extraordinary Town Hall, which was originally a residence of the Estensi family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then, there are the parks of Villa Toeplitz, Villa Augusta, Villa Baragiola and Villa Torelli Mylius<\/strong>, the Mantegazza Park, which surrounds the castle in Masnago, and the Zanzi Park, on the edge of the lake, in Schiranna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to these, there are the historic park that is the property of Varese Province, Villa Recalcati<\/strong>, a former Grand Hotel of international fame, the park of the Ville Ponti<\/strong>, which is owned by the Varese Chamber of Commerce, and the park of Villa Panza<\/strong>, which nowadays is the property of the FAI, and home to the Villa Panza Museum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But there are also dozens and dozens of private parks<\/strong> of extraordinary botanical and historical importance. Nature Urbane<\/strong>, the landscape festival which has been organised in Varese, since 2017, has made it possible, with special openings, to visit no fewer than 23 private villas<\/strong>, which have century-old parks and extremely rare plants, around houses that are still inhabited by their owners; genuine hidden historical and botanical gems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Altogether, there is more than 27 km2<\/sup> of gardens, in a city that extends over little more than 50 km2<\/sup>; Varese is a green expanse that you see and breathe every time you return.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Translated by Francesca Sara and Gandelli Elena<\/p>\n Reviewed by Prof. Rolf Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is called \u201cVarese, Garden City\u201d, and one of the reasons is certainly its parks, both public and private. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1026,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[6409,1635],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n