FAI Palace and Gardens Moroni

Since 1636 the Moroni family owns and lives this building exceptionally preserved in the original plant: from the interior to the noble floor to the gardens, extended at the foot of the civic fortress, between panoramic terraces and an agricultural area – the vegetable garden – of about two hectares. From the entrance courtyard, the monumental staircase leads to the main floor: behind these doors are rooms and halls frescoed and furnished between the six and nineteenth centuries. Here is also preserved the Moroni Collection: a large and varied collection, including the famous portraits of Gian Gerolamo Grumelli (Il Cavaliere in Rosa) and Isotta Brembati by Albino painter Giovanni Battista Moroni. Since the seventeenth century, the palace overlooks a complex of Italian gardens: they are formal hanging gardens, articulated in a balcony and three terraces that develop near the Colle di Sant’Eufemia. The third and highest terrace gives access to the Count’s Pensarium, a neo-medieval-style turret built in