The Italian Years - Scalero's Villa

The castle of Montestrutto, in the Val D'Aosta (northern Italy) acquired by the Scalero family in 1930. It was in this formidable fortress that Rudolph scaled the Everests of his early career as a composer.

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The castle of Montestrutto in a recent photograph. The castle fell into ruin at the end of the previous century, when it belonged to Marchese and Marchesa di Muriaglio, and was then bought by the Pecco family and subsequently to the Broglio’s, who did a complete restoration and renovation. The comfortable villa was then purchased by a Swiss, Abbegg, and finally in 1930 by the Scalero family.