Villa Mariani many personal items of Mariani such as clothes, hats, walking sticks, etc. The lounge, which thanks to Winter’s expansion, reached , still retains a belief in oak paneling built by Eugenio Quarter. On a piece of furniture there is a clock given by Arturo Toscanini, depicting a scene from the "Turandot" of Giacomo Puccini, and a friend of the two artists. A trivia is that "Turandot", Puccini's unfinished work, was eventually completed by Franco Alfano, who stayed in Bordighera in 1926, in the Villa of the Waves, as he composed the work "Madonna Imperia". In the dining room there is
Giacomo Puccini 26 February 1903, one day after Puccini's car accident. Only then, in early 1904, were Puccini and Elvira able to marry, and to legitimize Antonio. The marriage between Puccini and Elvira was also troubled by infidelity, as Puccini had frequent affairs himself, including with well-known singers such as Maria Jeritza, Emmy Destinn, Cesira Ferrani, and Hariclea Darclée. In 1909, Puccini's wife Elvira publicly accused Doria Manfredi, a maid working for the Puccini family, of having an affair with the composer. After being publicly accused of adultery, Doria Manfredi committed suicide. An autopsy determined, however, that Doria had died a virgin,