A DREAM OF ITALY

Emanuele and Raimonda Gamna’s charming Piedmontese villa is a riot of colour, curiosities and treasured family heirlooms set off by a stunning mix of classical and neo-gothic styling

ANA FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA CENDRA

At the foot of the Italian Alps and just a few minutes from Turin, the graceful villa of Emanuele and Raimonda Gamna stands as a symbol of aristocratic charm. Named after the Marquess of Barolo, who built it in 1785, Vigna Barolo mixes 18th-century classicism with neo-gothic romance and French chic with Sicilian colour, thanks to the cosmopolitan culture of those who’ve cherished it down the years. Along with a chapel and even a miniature castle, the grounds boast formal terraces designed in the 1950s by Russell Page, a British landscaper known as the “Mozart of gardens”. Meanwhile, the dazzling vision of Renzo Mongiardino – who created interiors for 20th-century tycoons Aristotle Onassis and Gianni Agnelli – is on display inside. Emanuele and Raimonda Gamna, who acquired the villa as…

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