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Lake Como (Italian: Lago di Como [ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo], locally [a]), also known as Lario, [b] is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore .
The Villa del Balbianello is a villa in the comune of Lenno (province of Como), a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy, overlooking Lake Como. It is located on the tip of the small wooded peninsula of Dosso d'Avedo on the western shore of the south-west branch of Lake Como, 1500 meters east from the Isola Comacina. The villa is ...
File:Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy.jpg. ... Lake Como which is situated on the foothills of the Alps as seen on a beautiful sunny morning in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Villa Carlotta is a villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy.Today the villa is a museum, whose collection includes works by sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Giovanni Migliara; painters such as Francesco Hayez; and furniture pieces of previous owners.
Bellagio is part of the Central Lake Como area, which, together with Lierna, Varenna, Fiumelatte, Cadenabbia, Menaggio, and Tremezzina, is the most exclusive area of Lake Como, with lake-view villa prices exceeding 100 million euros in value. However, purchasing one is almost impossible, as no one sells them, making them a global status symbol.
Argegno is situated on an inlet in the lake, and is built alongside the River Telo which flows into the lake, the discharge of which is heavily dependent upon the season. Argegno borders the following municipalities: Brienno, Colonno, Dizzasco, Lezzeno, Nesso, Pigra, Schignano. It is situated between the villages of Menaggio and Cernobbio.
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Villa Fontanelle in 2007. Villa Fontanelle is a villa (sometimes called a palazzo) near Moltrasio on Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Milan.The four-storey yellow-painted building was built in the first half of the nineteenth century by the eccentric Lord Charles Currie, a visiting Englishman who fell in love with Lake Como.