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Villa Litta, Lainate

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The Villa Litta, also known as Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta, is a sixteenth-century rural palace and park in Lainate, just north of Milan in Lombardy, Italy. It is best known for its elaborate nymphaeum, a grotto-like garden structure integrated with water works and mechanical water games built for the amusement of its aristocratic visitors. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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The Villa Lita, also called Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta is a 16th-century rural palace and park located in Lainate, just north of Milan, in the Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
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