| The Hermann Hesse Trail Montagnola | ||
| The trail starts at the Casa Rosa (information board one). From the main square head up the road to Agra and bear left down the Via Herman Hesse past the Elementary School. Stroll past a park on your left and Casa Rosa is reached just before the chestnut wood. | ||
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1. Casa Rosa Originally called Casa Bodmer after the architect who built it for Hesse. It was occupied from 1931 by Hesse until his death in 1962. The building is not open to the public. |
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2. Centenary Stone Erected in 1977 by the village of Montagnola to celebrate 100th anniversary of Hesse's birth. From here head along the Via Herman
Hesse until you reach the Elementary School (with a sculpture in front of
it) on your right. Do not go up onto the main road. Thread your way
through the school grounds and a pair of low metal barriers where you turn
left and make towards some steps at the bottom of which you will find some
gates.
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3. Casa Camuzzi from the rear This is a wonderfully chaotic 19th century imitation of a hunting lodge built by the local architect Gilardi. From here retrace your route to the steps and veer right making your way round to the front of Casa Camuzzi. Part of this is now the Herman Hesse Museum. It occupies the four rooms of Hesse's lodgings which he moved into in June 1919 on the recommendation of his friend Volkmar Andrea. |
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