A 1930s chalet preserves its aura and sense of hospitality, unchanged over time
A small jewel of timber architecture, built after 1930 and surrounded by a romantic garden, this chalet is adorned with a peristyle of columns topped with Ionic capitals. The interiors recall the House of the Vettii in Pompeii; at the heart of the residence, a gallery welcomes guests, and the eye is immediately drawn to the triglyphs and metopes depicting mythological figures.
All the rooms are arranged symmetrically to the right and left of a central gallery that leads from the entrance along the side of the house to the rear garden. The protagonists of the gallery are two large contemporary paintings, set between elegant pilasters against a terracotta-coloured background.
Over the past century, the residence has hosted distinguished guests, including Enrico De Nicola, future first President of the Italian Republic. Despite the passing decades, the calm pre-war atmosphere still lingers in the rooms: from the grey terrazzo floors with coloured borders to the furnishings, austere and essential, as was typical of holiday homes of the period.
The sense of hospitality has remained unchanged over time. Friends are still welcomed in spring, when the roses bloom, followed in summer by the unmistakable colours of hydrangeas, until the garden falls into the slow sleep of autumn…
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Photo ROBERTO PIERUCCI
Text JACEK KRUAZYR
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