Casa Macchi is a pretty provincial building that stands in the shade of the bell tower of the church of a quiet village a few kilometers from Varese, Morazzone. There is nothing extraordinary in this place, neither in the garden, nor in the architecture, nor in the decorations or furnishings, nor finally in the objects or in the history of its inhabitants. Yet the first visit here satisfies, because there is an indisputable fascination in penetrating a world that was, preserved down to its smallest details, frozen in the moment of abandonment - which seems almost stealthy, sudden and inevitable -, and that still smells of daily life, of the coffee pot left on the stove or of the pipe left on the table between the armchairs of the living room.