Good day,
Video above tells best story and this was just one room in the three storey house. What’s interesting is this was just their “hunting house” and their massive crib was taken out in the devastating landslide or 1618. Since this was up in the hills and slightly removed from the village of Chiavenna, it was all that really survived.
Chiavenna used to be part of the only route from Central Europe to the Mediterranean via the Alps and the Vertemate Franchi were smart people who charged a toll and arranged safe transportation. This opulent crib is merely the slightest sliver of their immense wealth.
I have photos for days and I’ll make a photo essay one of these days I hope. Just know this, Chiavenna in the Italian Alps is a scenic spot which most Italians from Milan I’ve spoken with haven’t even visited. I’m very glad to have visited and I’ll return, you can bank on that.
I love finding little-known places with great people, food and scenery.
Speaking of banking and coin, these people used to print their own gold coins, those types of people… The rich of yesterday really knew how to live, didn’t they?
More on Chiavenna? Click here and also here.
Tips hat,
P.S: On the map, look at where the house is, then see the palazzo where town used to be and all the blue roofs belonged to them.
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Not too shabby for a hunting house, even coffered ceiling was an order of magnitude above the norm.
Indeed, #ballercentral.