That one overlooks the huge park behind the mansion and the stairs that lead to the valley, with two beautifully carved columns on the upper end of the stairway. There’s a balcony, a smaller one in the back side, as well. At the front entrance, surrounded by trees there’s a carved stone statue facing the front balcony from the first floor – well known from the film. There’s also a cellar accessible from the main staircase.

The main hall and some of the rooms have beautiful frescoed ceilings painted in the 16th century by Aurelio Busso.

According to the description, after entering the villa we find ourselves in the large hallway with a barrel vault ceiling and a terrazzo floor that crosses the whole building allowing the visitor to catch even the view of a portion of the park located beyond the villa. After the success of Luca Guadagnino’s film, Palazzo Albergoni hit the real estate market. The famous mansion is still a private property and it is not open for public. The picture was also used on early postcards. The artwork was a gift for Count Griffoni Angelo, the last Griffoni owning the villa between 18. It was Finoli Bassano’s engraving depicting the villa and the garden with the pond.

When we returned to his office, Gianluca pointed to the picture on the wall. Three years later Pierre Albergoni became the new owner. The villa remained property of the Stramezzis to 1958. Giuseppe Perletti purchased the villa in 1865 and 12 years later his nephew, Saverio Stramezzi inherited it. When Angela Vimercati Deseverino married the Count of Griffoni Sant’Angelo in 1776, the villa became property of the Griffoni Sant’Angelo family. Through the centuries the mansion suffered numerous modifications, notably in the 18 th century when the villa got its main appearance. The influential Vimercato family from Milan in the 13 th century settled in Crema and on the ruins of a former castle built a fascinating country house for themselves. The villa that in Luca Guadagnino’s film serves as the home of the Perlmans and takes us back in time to the now vintage eighties and to the sundrenched summer when the romance between Elio and Oliver blossomed, is an imposing mansion just across the mayor’s office on Via Roma. When I’ve first told the mayor of Moscazzano, Gianluca Savoldi about my visit, neither of us knew that weeks later signor Francesco will be so kind to take our photos on the lawn in the front of the “Call Me By Your Name” villa.

Herald of Shalia by Tamryn Tamer