LA FAMIGLIA
Le origini bergamasche
La famiglia Longo, originaria di Bergamo proveniente da Adrara e collegata inizialmente con gli Alessandri, era nota sin dal finire del XII secolo per l’avo capostipite Otellus de Longis, il cui figlio Omnibonus fu nel 1204 Console di Giustizia a Bergamo ed il nipote Iacobus nel 1222 fu Notarius Regis et Iudex ordinarius.
Il nipote di questi, Guglielmo Longodi Adrara S.Martino (1240+1319 Avignone) fu canonico di chiara fama come giurista e teologo, fu consigliere alla corte di Carlo II di Sicilia, nel 1294 creato Cardinale e poi Priore della chiesa di San Nicola in Bari, ma visse assai apprezzato sino alla sua morte alla Corte Pontificia in esilio ad Avignone. Di lui v’è a Bergamo il bellissimo monumento funebre in Santa Maria Maggiore opera di maestro campionese.
THE FAMILY
The move to Brescia
In the first decades of the 16th century, Antonio and Lodovico moved to Brescia where the family had already had vast landholdings for many years. In the following centuries the Longo family became more and more integrated into the Brescia aristocracy by relating to eminent families such as the Luzzago, the Conforti, the Montini, the Arici, the Medici, and finally with the Lechi. Lucrezio Longo (1757-1816), in the Napoleonic period was prefect of Milan for several years and was created count of the Italic kingdom.
His brother Mario married Elena Torriceni and in 1800 they had their son Francesco, who was a fervent patriot, exiled by the Austrians, and appointed Senator after the unification of Italy.
In 1848 he participated in the revolutionary uprisings of the city of Brescia. Having joined the provincial provisional government and the new Municipal Congregation, he was the delegate who signed the capitulation of the revolutionaries to the Austrian forces. He then moved to Piedmont and returned to Brescia only after the events of the second war of independence.
In the political elections of 25 March 1860 he ran for the Bagnolo constituency, winning the ballot round. In the elections of the following year he ran for the college of Leno which united the municipalities belonging to the suppressed Bagnolese district. He had to face the honorable Cesare Beccalossi, representative of the Lenese college in the previous elections, and managed to be elected in the ballot round.
On 30 November 1862 he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom of Italy.
In 1867 he was elected to the provincial council as representative of the district of Bagnolo.
Francesco married Elisa, daughter of the Napoleonic General Count Giuseppe Lechi and Countess Eleonora, daughter of Count Siméon, a distinguished French jurist, one of the main drafters of the Napoleonic code and engaged in the negotiations for the Concordat. Elena was born from them (1836 + 1913), the last of the family who married Count Alessio Agliardi.
Since 1970 the house has been owned by the Lechi family from Brescia.
THE FAMILY
The move to Brescia
In the first decades of the 16th century, Antonio and Lodovico moved to Brescia where the family had already had vast landholdings for many years. In the following centuries the Longo family became more and more integrated into the Brescia aristocracy by relating to eminent families such as the Luzzago, the Conforti, the Montini, the Arici, the Medici, and finally with the Lechi. Lucrezio Longo (1757-1816), in the Napoleonic period was prefect of Milan for several years and was created count of the Italic kingdom.
His brother Mario married Elena Torriceni and in 1800 they had their son Francesco, who was a fervent patriot, exiled by the Austrians, and appointed Senator after the unification of Italy.
In 1848 he participated in the revolutionary uprisings of the city of Brescia. Having joined the provincial provisional government and the new Municipal Congregation, he was the delegate who signed the capitulation of the revolutionaries to the Austrian forces. He then moved to Piedmont and returned to Brescia only after the events of the second war of independence.
In the political elections of 25 March 1860 he ran for the Bagnolo constituency, winning the ballot round. In the elections of the following year he ran for the college of Leno which united the municipalities belonging to the suppressed Bagnolese district. He had to face the honorable Cesare Beccalossi, representative of the Lenese college in the previous elections, and managed to be elected in the ballot round.
On 30 November 1862 he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom of Italy.
In 1867 he was elected to the provincial council as representative of the district of Bagnolo.
Francesco married Elisa, daughter of the Napoleonic General Count Giuseppe Lechi and Countess Eleonora, daughter of Count Siméon, a distinguished French jurist, one of the main drafters of the Napoleonic code and engaged in the negotiations for the Concordat. Elena was born from them (1836 + 1913), the last of the family who married Count Alessio Agliardi.
Since 1970 the house has been owned by the Lechi family from Brescia.
THE VILLA
The architectural structure
Villa Longo is made up of many elements that place it as sec. Origins. XVI: the pilasters resting on the pillars of the portico, the very shape of the nine arches in the center, the band marks the floor, and above all that loggia with three rooms, with balustrade and small columns and two beautiful columns supporting the entablature. The penthouse with the clock is a later addition.
The structure recalls the loggia of the Martinengo al Portazzolo palace and looks like a portion of the loggia of the Lechi villa in Erbusco.
The interior has been greatly modified over time, the room used as a kitchen is authentic and is purely from the sixteenth century with its beautiful vaulted ceiling.