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Villa del Balbianello

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  • Villa Balbianello and Lake Como

    Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

  • Villa del Balbianello, Italy

    Photograph Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

Gardenvisit Editorial

Villa Del Balbianello is on a wooded peninsula projecting into Lake Como. It was built in 1787, on the site of a Fransiscan monastery, by Cardinal Angelo Durini. Steps lead from the landing stage into a terraced garden with a beautiful loggia. It was renovated by the American General Butler Amos and given to the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI) in 1988.
Address Via Comoedia, Lenno (CO), Lombardia, Italy, 22016
Website Visit the Villa del Balbianello website


Recent Reviews

  • 2 months ago Adam Hodge said

    Walk up from Lenno to the garden ..its location is utterly sublime..just slowly wander around and take in the atmosphere and views and.... chill. The absence of extravagent plantings are more than compensated by the simple and spacious layout and amazing panoramic voew of the Lake.

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