Villa Ghezzi is one of the Art Nouveau villas located along Viale Assunta. Numerous residential buildings were built along it in the early 1900s. Their facades, neatly aligned along the western side (the buildings on the eastern side were constructed later), featured floral decorations, sinuous wrought iron, stained glass, and multicolored tiles. The architect most sought after by local clients was Andrea Fermini, born and died in Cernusco sul Naviglio (1868-1951) but with a professional practice in Milan, at Via Panfilo Castaldi 4. Villa Ghezzi is the most interesting of the Art Nouveau villas he designed. The simple decorative concrete framing the windows contrasts with the beautiful floral-motif wrought iron balustrade of the grand staircase and the balcony above. The facades, punctuated by pilasters once highlighted by decorations, were topped at the top by a festoon frieze, slightly raised from the plaster. The frieze, with its sinuous linear decorations, has been lost, as has the paintwork. The garnet color of the façades, which contrasted beautifully with the smoky gray of the wrought iron, has turned pink. Text taken from: "In the heart of Cernusco sul Naviglio. Three walks in the historic center" by Elisabetta Ferrario and Mauro Raimondi (Book Time – Libreria del Naviglio, 2016)