Villa Triste

During World War Two Villa Fossati, known as Villa Triste, was used by Pietro Koch and his gang to torture Italian partisans. In the summer of 1944 powerful spotlights were installed to illuminate the garden, barbed wire was put on the walls and five cells were built in the cellar. Osvaldo Valenti, a famous Italian actor, sometimes went into Villa Triste, but no one still knows why. In december 1944 Justice Minister of the RSI Piero Bisenti closed this place because of Milan citizens and cardinal Schuster's protests.

The plaque's text is: un tragico luogo e una storia drammatica della resistenza anti-fascista nella nostra Mialno. 1986 - 40 (anniversario) della Repubblica.

The translation of the plaque is: a tragic place and a dramatic story of the anti-fascist resistance in our Milan. 1986 - 40th (anniversary) of the Republic.

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Source

• Text: Fabio Giulio
• Photos: Fabio Giulio