'''Villa Brivio''' is a [[:en:19th_century|19th century]] building which is in the fractionin ofthe Baraggiapart inof [[:en:Brugherio|Brugherio]] known as Baraggia. It'sThe villa belongs to the commune'spropertyof Brugherio and it hostsnow houses both a housing complex and a mental homehealth centercentre.
== History and architecture ==
Today's building configuration is very articulated and it's attached to a development overlooking Santa Margherita's street<ref name=lombardiabeniculturali>{{cita web|url=http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/schede/MI100-01264/|titolo=Lombardia Beni Culturali. Architetture. Villa Brivio (ex) Brugherio|accesso=03 aprile 2015}}</ref>. TheEvidence onlyof testimony about theits original structure (dated back to [[:en:16th_century|16th century]]and lost)structure is the Saint Margherita of Antiochia's shirneshrine, annexed to the building<ref name=luoghi/>. SinceIn [[1869]] the mansion became [[:en:Marquess|marquuessMarquuess]] Brivio's property, who itgave takeshis name fromto the villa. In recentwas yearsmore it wasrecently bought by [[:en:Brugherio|Brugherio]]'s Commune and restored between [[1994]] and [[1999]]. Now it hosts the mental home ''Le Magnolie''<ref name="lombardiabeniculturali" />.
The U-layout is the result of reworkingsrenorvations that Villa Brivio underwent during the [[:en:19th_century|19thcentury19th century]], when the buildings were isolated with a park, realized above the old aristocratic house which was Giovan Battista Bernareggi's property<ref>{{cita libro | autore=Luciana Tribuzio Zotti | autore2=Giuseppe Magni | titolo=Una città nel segno dei Magi: Brugherio 1613-2013 | anno=2012 | editore=Associazione Kairos | città=Brugherio }}</ref>. At both sides of the big entrance there are buildings in which there was a [[:en:Porters'_lodge|porter's lodge]]. It takes to a inner [[:en:Garden|garden]] hidden in an L-shape construction, composed by two parts that were built in different centuries: one is [[:en:19th_century|19th century]], the other is [[:en:20th_century|20th century]]. On the back of the last one is placed a park in which a [[:en:Turret|turret]] rises above the roof of the building<ref name="luoghi">{{cita libro | Luciana | Tribuzio Zotti | Brugherio: luoghi memorabili | 1987 | Parole Nuove | Brugherio}}</ref>. On the exterior as decoration there are stringcourse cornices, wainscot and squares<ref name="lombardiabeniculturali" />.
The homonymous park is annex to Villa Brivio and it is one of the green area of the [[:en:Brugherio|city]].
