Sasso Mobile

Its name comes from a little river, not far from the land where the villa was built. At the edge of a thick forest, the building presents a wide park, enclosed by a balustrade, as to form an open balcony over the beautiful panorama of the river Reno. This building is composed of a basement and two other floors upstairs, whose access is given by two flights of stairs. Inside, the typical loggia in the hall reaches the opposite side of the building. The villa was owned by the comedy writer Alfredo Testoni, who lived there during the summer between 1910 and 1919. In this building he wrote seven comedies in the old language called “vernacolo” and 19 comedies in Italian, such as “Il nostro prossimo” and “Cenerentola”. Here he had a society life, enjoying several parties with his friends. On the 4 side doors, Testoni’s friend Augusto Majani (called Nasica from the artistic world) painted 4 spiral scroll cartouches, from which his hosts were welcomed by these 4 lines: “Come in my confident host- in this modest house- we will celebrate you- and you will be hosted joyfully”.