Cernobbio

Cernobbio
Villa d'Este on the Lake Como
Municipality in the Italian lakes, between Milan and the Swiss border. Hosted the 1987 Bilderberg meeting.

Cernobbio is a comune (municipality) in the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan and about 2 kilometers northwest of Como, on the border with Switzerland and near the Lake Como.

Villa d'Este in Cernobbio was host to the 1987 Bilderberg meeting. The villa is also home to the annual Ambrosetti Forum.

The villa, originally Villa del Garovo, is originally a Renaissance patrician residence. Both the villa and the 25-acre park that surrounds it have been substantially modified with respect to the building originally intended as a summer residence for Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio. Since 1873, the complex has been used as a luxury hotel.

During the Second World War, Cernobbio became the area chosen for the quartering of the high command of the Third Reich as it was more sheltered from the air raids than Milan. Villa Erba became the hub of the military depot of the German military command, and the Regina Olga hotel transformed into the headquarters of the high officials of the German administration. Villa d'Este was used as a military hospital.

Ambrosetti Forum

Full article: The European House - Ambrosetti

Each year in September Ambrosetti think tank arranges a forum at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio. The event, held each year since 1975, is entitled Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy and brings together an array of speakers of the highest level from the world of politics, academia, government and business, from across the globe. Ambrosetti states "the secret of the event’s success lies in its exclusive nature"

 

Event

Event	Description
Bilderberg/1987	35th Bilderberg, in Italy, 106 participants

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