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convent, founded at the end of the 12th century in
Varenna, which now lies beneath the modern building. The convent grew in importance and wealth, purchasing many properties, especially around Lierna, but eventually declined to only six mothers, and was closed by papal bull in 1567.
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bought the villa in the 1890s, and between 1897 and 1909 carried out modifications which give its current
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