Architektura

Vila del Balbianello

Name: Vila del Balbianello
Address: Via Guido Delmati, Lenno, Lombardy, IT

Doporučuje 337 místních,

Tipy místních

Cristina

August 3, 2022

Villa del Balbianello is located on a wooded promontory, offering an enchanted view of Lake Como. This elegant, romantic 18th century mansion and its magnificent garden have hosted writers, scholars and travelers, including Count Guido Monzino, the last owner of the Villa. Access to the Villa is by foot, with a 25 minutes walk, or by Taxi-Boat from Lido di Lenno. The complex includes several buildings surrounded by a beautiful garden, organized on different levels to exploit the characteristics of the promontory, which has ornamental trees, including a majestic oak and plane trees pruned in candelabrum. At the center of the garden there is the loggia, a rectangular building with only two rooms, the library and the cartographers hall, connected by a graceful porch with two balconies facing east and west. The main body of the villa is composed of a massive three floors building and there is a lower wing facing towards the lake which includes the ancient church with two bell towers on the façade. The rooms still have the arrangement of the furniture made by Guido Monzino and the villa preserves art collections collected by him, the library, several items related to his travels to the North Pole and to the Everest and numerous prints of the lake.