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Villa D'Este (Como)
The Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. Both the villa and the park which surrounds it have undergone significant changes since their sixteenth-century origins as a summer residence for the Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of Como. Nevertheless, visiting the garden in 1903 for ''Century Magazine'', Edith Wharton found this to be ‘the only old garden on Como which keeps more than a fragment of its original architecture’, and noted that ‘though Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Caroline anglicised part of the grounds, the main lines of the Renaissance garden still exist’. Since 1873, the complex has been a luxury hotel. History Bishop of Como, Gerardo Landriani, Bishop of Como (1437–1445), founded a female convent here at the mouth of the Garovo torrent in 1442. A century later, Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio demolished the nunnery and commissioned Pellegri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunate
Brunate ( Comasco: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Como in northern Italy, some northeast of Milan. It has some 1,800 residents, but is much more populated in summer, when tourists rent houses and apartments. The town overlooks Como, which lies on the shore of Lake Como some below. For a short time in the late 12th century Brunate was an independent commune, but in 1240 it reverted to the suzerainty of Como. Como and Brunate are linked by a steep, narrow, winding road, and by the Como to Brunate funicular. Alessandro Volta lived in Brunate for a short period – the Faro Voltiano lighthouse in the San Maurizio district, was built and named in his honour. The Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov Pencho Petkov Slaveykov ( bg, Пенчо Петков Славейков) (27 April 1866 O.S. – 10 June 1912 ( O.S. 28 May 1912)) was a noted Bulgarian poet and one of the participants in the Misal ("Thought") circle. He was the youngest son o ... died in the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |