Masnago Castle

The Castello di Masnago is a castle, now a civic art museum, located atop a hill on Via Cola di Rienzo number 42 in Mantegazza Park in the quartiere of Masnago of the town of Varese, region of Lombardy, Italy.

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Type: Castle
Description: museum in Italy
Also known as: “Castello Di Masnago”, “Castello di Masnago, Varese”, and “Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea Varese”
Address: Via Cola di Rienzo 42, Varese, 21100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo and Stadio Franco Ossola.

Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

Church

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Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo is a church, which is situated 210 metres northwest of Masnago Castle.

Stadio Franco Ossola

Stadium

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The Stadio Franco Ossola is a sports stadium and velodrome currently in use by the football team Varese FC. Constructed in 1925, and originally named the Stadio del Littorio, the stadium was renamed in September 1950 in memory of Franco Ossola, an Italian from Varese and player for Torino F.C. who died in 1949 in the Superga air disaster. Stadio Franco Ossola is situated 630 metres north of Masnago Castle.

Villa Baragiola

Public building

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Villa Baragiola, also known as Villa Baragiola Tedeschi or Villa Emma, is an eclectic-style villa in Masnago, near Varese, Italy, built by the Como nobleman Andrea Baragiola De Bustelli with the name Villa Emma in homage to his wife Emma Ronzini. Villa Baragiola is situated 380 metres northwest of Masnago Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masnago and Calcinate degli Orrigoni.

Masnago

Quarter

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Masnago is a neighbourhood or quartiere of the city of Varese, Italy, located in the northern part of the city. It had been an independent municipality until 1927 when it merged with Varese. The Castello of Masnago is found in this district.

Calcinate degli Orrigoni

Quarter

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Calcinate degli Orrigoni is a quarter.

Casbeno

Quarter

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Casbeno is a neighbourhood of the city of Varese. Located in the south of the city, overlooking Lake Varese, before the formation of the province of Varese, in the twenties, was the lower limit of the town itself.

Masnago Castle

Categories: museum of modern art, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Varese, Varese, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

45.82887° or 45° 49′ 44″ north

Longitude

8.80248° or 8° 48′ 9″ east

Elevation

422 metres (1,385 feet)

Open location code

8FQCRRH2+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 245369479

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

10630262

Wikidata ID

Q25052530

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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Masnago Castle” goes by many names.

French: “Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea Varese”
Italian: “Castello Castiglioni Mantegazza”
Italian: “Castello di Masnago”
Italian: “Castello Mantegazza-Panza”
Italian: “Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea Varese”
Lombard: “Castell de Masnagh”
Spanish: “Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea Varese”
Turkish: “Masnago Kalesi”

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