Thursday, October 29, 2009

Villa Melzi - Bellagio

Here are five pictures of Villa Melzi in Bellagio.

From Wikipedia
The Villa Melzi, at Bellagio was built in the neo-classical style by the architect Giocondo Albertolli in 1808–10 as the summer residence of Francesco Melzi who had been vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic. The park includes an orangery, a chapel, statues and a Japanese garden, and is planted, as often on lake Como, with huge rhododendrons. Nineteenth-century guests at the Villa included Stendhal and Franz Liszt.


My garden flower...

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In front of the empty tomb?

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I know the olive trees look unnatural against the sky. That's not Photoshop, that's just how it was.

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Garden path.

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Lake through the pines.

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