Information
Villa Paradeisos represents a unique asset situated in the lakes region north of Milan. completely renovated in the last twenty years and enriched with elements from noble residences in France, England and Japan, by contemporary artists. It is in perfect condition and is still inhabited throughout the year.
It faces south with view of Varese’s Lake and a third of the entire chain of the Alp. In recent years, the current owners have added a unique Japanese Garden in Italy. This garden has attracted four of the six Japanese television channels that have filmed it and shown it to over 60 million viewers.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The property is traceable in the Teresian maps (late 1700s) and was rebuilt in the 1800s until the final settlement in the 1920s by the family of the most important local industrial group at the time (breweries, weaving mills, tanneries, farms).
The current owners, Italo - Japanese, took over in 1990 and dedicated four years to the complete renovation of all the technical equipment - heating, fixtures, electrical and safety systems, plumbing systems for the garden and for the pond, bathrooms, kitchens, terraces, floors and ceilings.
The new owners have also added precious decorations and boiseries from French, English and Japanese patrician residences to the property. In particular, the French tapestries of the 1700s, the English Library of the 1700s, the 1700s Presidential Dining Room, the monumental swimming pool and the Fitness area. Additional contributions were made by several artists who integrated the property with their works, among them the Australian sculptor and painter Ron Dudley, the Monegasque painter Jeanine Ricketts, - who decorated a famous church in the Principality of Monaco - l 'eclectic Croatian-Australian painter Charles Billich, artistic director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
PERIMETERS
Overall, the property is spread over 1890 covered square meters, 460 square meters of terraces, greenhouse, swimming pool and 24,000 square meters of garden.
The main villa (1650 covered square meters; 260 square meters terraces) spread over three floors plus a basement, connected by a gallery with exposed brick, a barrel, the Kiosk area and the swimming pool. Today it maintains the setting of the 1920s, with travertine, noble coat of arms and marble bas-reliefs. The flooring is in the almost all from the 1920s, about half in parquet and half in fine polychrome marbles. It is equipped with a lift and all windows have electrified shatterproof shutters.
It includes 31 rooms, 8 bathrooms, 6 terraces.
Dependance - used as a BnB (225 m2 covered and 50 m2 terraces)
Spread over two floors, it has 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 terraces.
Kiosk (58 m2 covered)
It is used as a changing room with shower and is decorated with frescoes from the 1920s.
Swimming pool (15m x 7m; 113sqm)
It has an oval shape with a shaped marble frame and a large statue at the end.
Garden (24,000 m2)
It has been kept for three hundred years. Recently embellished with the Japanese Garden (3,000 mq) is a rare pearl that is unique in Italy.
Park
Spread over 24,000 square meters, it has been continuously cared for since the 1700s, and is adorned with about twenty period statues, some of great value. It is easily accessible from a wide circular avenue and minor paths, all in gravel, with worked stones, fountains, rocailles, night lighting of the avenues and the main tree sites.
The centenary trees, including cedars, hanging beeches, maritime pines, magnolias, sequoias and wellingtonias, the avenue of lime trees, the avenue of cypresses, the three groups of palms (more than 40), the berseau of roses from all over the world (more than 150 plants), the three wisteria from the 1920s that surround the entire Villa, the Dependance and the Kiosk.
Japanese Garden
For Japanese people, the garden represents the quintessence of their cultural identity, which has remained solid and uncontaminated throughout its millenary history, given that Japan has never had foreign conquests or hybridizations.
In fact, religion, art, the spirit of Japanese civilization, are based on a symbiotic relationship with nature, and "the art of the garden" is the way in which nature is exhibited and represented in a microcosm to which inventions are therefore dedicated, exceptional experience and commitment. For this reason the degree in "garden art" is the longest - 7 years - in Japanese universities, and the examples outside Japan of gardens designed by Japanese masters are very rare: the most recent and significant in Europe being that of Monte Carlo , dedicated by Prince Rainier to his wife Grace, and that of the banker Kahn in Paris.
The owners of Villa Paradeisos, for their ancestry and their love for Japanese culture, have therefore dedicated, about 15 years ago, a particular commitment in the design and construction of this garden. Designed by one of the most famous Garden Art Professors of the University of Tokyo, it was then created by an entirely Japanese team - four gardeners and a foreman - who for the first time left Japan and moved to Varese for three months. Varese (the preparation had actually lasted almost a year), excavating the ground, placing rocks, plants and the two containers of specific materials brought in from Japan - statues, votive ornaments, pebbles from the stream, walking stones, precious essences, artifacts of bamboo etc.
The main layout follows the 5 waterfalls of the stream, whose pebbles and stones have been placed in such a way as to modulate their rustle: the sound of running water is in fact the distinctive sign that identifies the single garden (each one is different), a designated place to the pleasures of the spirit in the aesthetic fusion with nature.
The essences of the garden are largely indigenous to Japan: bamboo, maple, pine, cherry trees, shaped and adapted - like bonsai - by Japanese art and craft experience, to represent the beauty and mystery of intact nature. In spring the stream flows among a flamboyant sparkle of red azaleas, in winter the snow creates magical spaces and profiles, when it rains the dewy foliage and the scents create the maximum charm of this work of art. The stream flows into a large lake surrounded by rocks, where irises, water lilies and the looming pines and cherry trees lie placidly. This garden has attracted the attention and admiration of countless visitors from all over the world, as well as the Japanese media, who have shot many reports and a film there.
ARTISTIC COMPENENT
Imperial Hall (14.4 x 7.2 x 4.2h; 104 sqm; Raised Floor)
This huge room, completely redone, includes an early 1900s boiserie ceiling, a large fireplace in mottled pink marble, original French Louis XV, two large opposing mirrors. The large windows open onto the terrace and balcony above the garden, with breathtaking views. On the walls there are two very rare Japanese screens, of large dimensions, from the 1500s.
Napoleonic Room (6.8 x 8.4 x 4.2h; 57 sqm; Raised Floor)
This room has been completely redone using the wood paneling, the fireplace, the original stuccos of a Parisian residence from the period of the restoration (Napoléon III), with a careful adaptation made by one of the best Italian craftsmen. The chandelier is Venetian from the 1800s, the furniture and the large table are Victorian English. The curtains are opulent adaptations in the style of the era.
English Library (8.4 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 44 sqm; Mezzanine Floor)
This room adjacent to the Tea Room, has completely used the columns, the arch, the shelves of an original library transported from an English castle of the 1700s. The collection of ancient books on display here includes more than a thousand volumes, mainly from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, some of the highest value such as the Encyclopèdie by Diderot and d'Alambert, in 35 volumes, first Parisian edition in folio, with more than 2000 precious engravings. The draperies, ceiling décor, and chandelier are antiques.
Tea Room (3 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 16 sqm; Raised Floor)
The ceiling has a décor borrowed from an 18th century Venetian house, the walls are in onyx and receive the sunset light with extraordinary effects. Towards the garden the room opens with a continuous glass of 2.5 x 3.5 m, with a beautiful view of the lake and the Alps.
Vestiaire and Guest Services (3.6 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 19 sqm; Raised Floor)
Art Nouveau wrought iron window, curtains, décor, period wardrobe. Services with precious marbles, stones with fossils, original 18th century Venetian marble washbasin.
French Suite (15 x 6.4 x 4h; 96 sqm; First Floor)
The whole room uses boiserie, stucco, three tapestries on the walls, fireplace, appliques, ceiling décor and lamps from an 18th century French castle (depicted in the tapestries). The curtains are opulent adaptations in the style of the era. The two windows lead to a converted wrought iron terrace, overlooking the garden and the entire chain of the Alps.
Fireplace Room (6.6 x 5.2 x 3.3h; 35 sqm; Second Floor)
Includes a marble, original French of the '700, of great quality.
Large Studio (10.8 x 6.6 x 3.3h; 71 sqm; Second Floor)
It includes a full-wall library, with cabinets entirely painted by one of the most famous French artists of trompe l'oeil, who is now exhibiting in Monte Carlo. Adjacent to the bedroom is an Art Nouveau boiserie dressing room, a kitchenette, and a bathroom that has been re-styled as the bedroom, with precious marbles, 18th century appliques.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Villa Paradeisos is in Varese which is the third richest province in Italy - an industrial hub for the Italian Air Force, for Machine Tools and for Fashion. From the Villa, you are in twenty minutes at Malpensa International Airport, fifty minutes in Milan, thirty minutes in Lugano.
The Lake District region around Varese, with seven lakes including Como, Maggiore’s Lake and Lugano, has been the destination of international tourism and of the main Lombard families over the last three centuries, who have left outstanding villas and works of art there. In Lugano there is TASIS, the most prestigious American School in Europe, which hosts students from over 50 nationalities.
It faces south with view of Varese’s Lake and a third of the entire chain of the Alp. In recent years, the current owners have added a unique Japanese Garden in Italy. This garden has attracted four of the six Japanese television channels that have filmed it and shown it to over 60 million viewers.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
The property is traceable in the Teresian maps (late 1700s) and was rebuilt in the 1800s until the final settlement in the 1920s by the family of the most important local industrial group at the time (breweries, weaving mills, tanneries, farms).
The current owners, Italo - Japanese, took over in 1990 and dedicated four years to the complete renovation of all the technical equipment - heating, fixtures, electrical and safety systems, plumbing systems for the garden and for the pond, bathrooms, kitchens, terraces, floors and ceilings.
The new owners have also added precious decorations and boiseries from French, English and Japanese patrician residences to the property. In particular, the French tapestries of the 1700s, the English Library of the 1700s, the 1700s Presidential Dining Room, the monumental swimming pool and the Fitness area. Additional contributions were made by several artists who integrated the property with their works, among them the Australian sculptor and painter Ron Dudley, the Monegasque painter Jeanine Ricketts, - who decorated a famous church in the Principality of Monaco - l 'eclectic Croatian-Australian painter Charles Billich, artistic director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
PERIMETERS
Overall, the property is spread over 1890 covered square meters, 460 square meters of terraces, greenhouse, swimming pool and 24,000 square meters of garden.
The main villa (1650 covered square meters; 260 square meters terraces) spread over three floors plus a basement, connected by a gallery with exposed brick, a barrel, the Kiosk area and the swimming pool. Today it maintains the setting of the 1920s, with travertine, noble coat of arms and marble bas-reliefs. The flooring is in the almost all from the 1920s, about half in parquet and half in fine polychrome marbles. It is equipped with a lift and all windows have electrified shatterproof shutters.
It includes 31 rooms, 8 bathrooms, 6 terraces.
Dependance - used as a BnB (225 m2 covered and 50 m2 terraces)
Spread over two floors, it has 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 terraces.
Kiosk (58 m2 covered)
It is used as a changing room with shower and is decorated with frescoes from the 1920s.
Swimming pool (15m x 7m; 113sqm)
It has an oval shape with a shaped marble frame and a large statue at the end.
Garden (24,000 m2)
It has been kept for three hundred years. Recently embellished with the Japanese Garden (3,000 mq) is a rare pearl that is unique in Italy.
Park
Spread over 24,000 square meters, it has been continuously cared for since the 1700s, and is adorned with about twenty period statues, some of great value. It is easily accessible from a wide circular avenue and minor paths, all in gravel, with worked stones, fountains, rocailles, night lighting of the avenues and the main tree sites.
The centenary trees, including cedars, hanging beeches, maritime pines, magnolias, sequoias and wellingtonias, the avenue of lime trees, the avenue of cypresses, the three groups of palms (more than 40), the berseau of roses from all over the world (more than 150 plants), the three wisteria from the 1920s that surround the entire Villa, the Dependance and the Kiosk.
Japanese Garden
For Japanese people, the garden represents the quintessence of their cultural identity, which has remained solid and uncontaminated throughout its millenary history, given that Japan has never had foreign conquests or hybridizations.
In fact, religion, art, the spirit of Japanese civilization, are based on a symbiotic relationship with nature, and "the art of the garden" is the way in which nature is exhibited and represented in a microcosm to which inventions are therefore dedicated, exceptional experience and commitment. For this reason the degree in "garden art" is the longest - 7 years - in Japanese universities, and the examples outside Japan of gardens designed by Japanese masters are very rare: the most recent and significant in Europe being that of Monte Carlo , dedicated by Prince Rainier to his wife Grace, and that of the banker Kahn in Paris.
The owners of Villa Paradeisos, for their ancestry and their love for Japanese culture, have therefore dedicated, about 15 years ago, a particular commitment in the design and construction of this garden. Designed by one of the most famous Garden Art Professors of the University of Tokyo, it was then created by an entirely Japanese team - four gardeners and a foreman - who for the first time left Japan and moved to Varese for three months. Varese (the preparation had actually lasted almost a year), excavating the ground, placing rocks, plants and the two containers of specific materials brought in from Japan - statues, votive ornaments, pebbles from the stream, walking stones, precious essences, artifacts of bamboo etc.
The main layout follows the 5 waterfalls of the stream, whose pebbles and stones have been placed in such a way as to modulate their rustle: the sound of running water is in fact the distinctive sign that identifies the single garden (each one is different), a designated place to the pleasures of the spirit in the aesthetic fusion with nature.
The essences of the garden are largely indigenous to Japan: bamboo, maple, pine, cherry trees, shaped and adapted - like bonsai - by Japanese art and craft experience, to represent the beauty and mystery of intact nature. In spring the stream flows among a flamboyant sparkle of red azaleas, in winter the snow creates magical spaces and profiles, when it rains the dewy foliage and the scents create the maximum charm of this work of art. The stream flows into a large lake surrounded by rocks, where irises, water lilies and the looming pines and cherry trees lie placidly. This garden has attracted the attention and admiration of countless visitors from all over the world, as well as the Japanese media, who have shot many reports and a film there.
ARTISTIC COMPENENT
Imperial Hall (14.4 x 7.2 x 4.2h; 104 sqm; Raised Floor)
This huge room, completely redone, includes an early 1900s boiserie ceiling, a large fireplace in mottled pink marble, original French Louis XV, two large opposing mirrors. The large windows open onto the terrace and balcony above the garden, with breathtaking views. On the walls there are two very rare Japanese screens, of large dimensions, from the 1500s.
Napoleonic Room (6.8 x 8.4 x 4.2h; 57 sqm; Raised Floor)
This room has been completely redone using the wood paneling, the fireplace, the original stuccos of a Parisian residence from the period of the restoration (Napoléon III), with a careful adaptation made by one of the best Italian craftsmen. The chandelier is Venetian from the 1800s, the furniture and the large table are Victorian English. The curtains are opulent adaptations in the style of the era.
English Library (8.4 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 44 sqm; Mezzanine Floor)
This room adjacent to the Tea Room, has completely used the columns, the arch, the shelves of an original library transported from an English castle of the 1700s. The collection of ancient books on display here includes more than a thousand volumes, mainly from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, some of the highest value such as the Encyclopèdie by Diderot and d'Alambert, in 35 volumes, first Parisian edition in folio, with more than 2000 precious engravings. The draperies, ceiling décor, and chandelier are antiques.
Tea Room (3 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 16 sqm; Raised Floor)
The ceiling has a décor borrowed from an 18th century Venetian house, the walls are in onyx and receive the sunset light with extraordinary effects. Towards the garden the room opens with a continuous glass of 2.5 x 3.5 m, with a beautiful view of the lake and the Alps.
Vestiaire and Guest Services (3.6 x 5.2 x 4.2h; 19 sqm; Raised Floor)
Art Nouveau wrought iron window, curtains, décor, period wardrobe. Services with precious marbles, stones with fossils, original 18th century Venetian marble washbasin.
French Suite (15 x 6.4 x 4h; 96 sqm; First Floor)
The whole room uses boiserie, stucco, three tapestries on the walls, fireplace, appliques, ceiling décor and lamps from an 18th century French castle (depicted in the tapestries). The curtains are opulent adaptations in the style of the era. The two windows lead to a converted wrought iron terrace, overlooking the garden and the entire chain of the Alps.
Fireplace Room (6.6 x 5.2 x 3.3h; 35 sqm; Second Floor)
Includes a marble, original French of the '700, of great quality.
Large Studio (10.8 x 6.6 x 3.3h; 71 sqm; Second Floor)
It includes a full-wall library, with cabinets entirely painted by one of the most famous French artists of trompe l'oeil, who is now exhibiting in Monte Carlo. Adjacent to the bedroom is an Art Nouveau boiserie dressing room, a kitchenette, and a bathroom that has been re-styled as the bedroom, with precious marbles, 18th century appliques.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Villa Paradeisos is in Varese which is the third richest province in Italy - an industrial hub for the Italian Air Force, for Machine Tools and for Fashion. From the Villa, you are in twenty minutes at Malpensa International Airport, fifty minutes in Milan, thirty minutes in Lugano.
The Lake District region around Varese, with seven lakes including Como, Maggiore’s Lake and Lugano, has been the destination of international tourism and of the main Lombard families over the last three centuries, who have left outstanding villas and works of art there. In Lugano there is TASIS, the most prestigious American School in Europe, which hosts students from over 50 nationalities.
Specialist Notes
POSSIBILITY TO ORGANIZE EVENTS AND WEDDINGS
Villa Paradeisos is one of the few Villas in Varese where it is possible to celebrate the Civil Rite on site. The Villa has a tensile structure suitable for receptions and weddings and can accommodate up to 200 seated people.
PHOTOSHOOTING AND VIDEO
The Villa offers a multitude of environments and views suitable for inspiring original videos and photoshootings.
Villa Paradeisos is one of the few Villas in Varese where it is possible to celebrate the Civil Rite on site. The Villa has a tensile structure suitable for receptions and weddings and can accommodate up to 200 seated people.
PHOTOSHOOTING AND VIDEO
The Villa offers a multitude of environments and views suitable for inspiring original videos and photoshootings.
Condition report
To request a Condition Report, please contact immobiliare@finarte.it
The department will provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Please note that what Finarte declares with respect to the state of conservation of the objects corresponds only to a qualified opinion and that we are not professional conservators or restorers.
We urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. We always suggest prospective buyers to inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition during the exhibition days as indicated in the catalog.