Abandoned Cascina Alluvioni in Cremona hides a neo-Gothic lemon house

The Cascina Alluvioni, a late 19th-century agricultural complex in Brancere, Stagno Lombardo, Cremona province, lies abandoned and overgrown. Its neo-Gothic limonaia (lemon house) with ogival mullioned windows, circular towers, and merlons is a rare architectural gem. The complex includes a manor house with frescoed ceilings, workers' quarters, a courtyard, and a chapel built by cavalier Annibale Germani, son of Garibaldian officer Francesco Germani. The chapel, linked to a ghost legend from Giorgio Harold Stuart's book 'L'Italia dei fantasmi' (1988), features an ogival arch rose window. The property, recently purchased by the Balestreri family, is private and inaccessible due to safety hazards. A superintendence protection order prevents demolition but not decay. In the 1970s, Alberto Lattuada abandoned filming 'Oh Serafina' there due to poor conditions. No restoration is planned, unlike the nearby Castello di Sammezzano.