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Fausto’s Bathroom

This seemingly sparsely decorated room is, in fact, the best expression of the Bagatti Valsecchi brothers’ philosophy for their home: love for the past and the art of the Italian Renaissance wedded to the search for then-modern comforts. Despite their antique appearances, the bronze washbasin and the marble tub are really facilities with running water, quite avant-garde for the end of the nineteenth century.

Latin mottos

LIMPIDA FLUIT

Clean (water) runs

ON THE TUB’S WALL

SORDIDA PURGAT

(It) cleans dirty things

ON THE FIREPLACE

Audio guide codes​

7 - Bathroom