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The Villa del Balbianello is a Villa in the Commune of Lenno ( CO ), Italy , overlooking Lake Como . It is located on the tip of a small wooded peninsula on the western shore of the south-west limb of Lake Como, not far from the Isola Comancina . The villa was built in 1787 on the site of a Franciscan monastery for the Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini . The two towers which can be seen in the picture are the campanili of the convent church. After the cardinal’s death in 1796 Giuseppe Arconati Visconti bought the villa and made improvements to its gardens and the loggia. In the nineteenth century the villa was belonged to the Porro-Lambertenghi family. The writer and patriot Silvio Pellico was a visitor in 1819. By the early twentieth century the buildings had fallen into a state of neglect when an American general, Butler Amos , purchased and renovated the villa and its garden. In 1974 it was bought by the explorer Guido Monzino (the first Italian to climb Mount Everest ), who filled it with rich collections, including artifacts acquired on his expeditions. Monzino, who died in 1988, left the villa to the Fondo Per L'Ambiente Italiano , the National Trust of Italy. The villa is most famous for its elaborate terraced gardens. The filming of many movies has taken place there, including '''' and possibly the upcoming '' Casino Royale ''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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