CULTURAL Exchanges
Aug 03, 2021
3 minutes
FEATURE JANET GLEESON PHOTOGRAPHS ANDREAS VON EINSIEDEL
With its elegant terraces, immaculate Italianate garden, and tantalising views of Lake Garda, it’s hard to imagine this villa as the dilapidated shell Jane Ross stumbled upon more than 50 years ago. ‘My mother was returning to her home after spending a year with her husband in the Villa Massimo (a German cultural centre). She had fallen in love with the country, but she wanted to live near the water. It was 1969 and she saw a rundown house set in an abandoned
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