Villa del Balbianello

Gardens Lake of como, Italy

The villa is located on the tip of the Lavedo peninsula, a promontory that extends into Lake Como and which took the name of "Balbianello" from the building itself. The complex is owned by the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI). From the tip of the small wooded peninsula of Lavedo, stretching sheer over the waters of the center of Lake Como, the Villa elegantly overlooks a wide panorama that makes it one of the most scenic residences on the Lario. The initiator of the wonders of Balbianello was Cardinal Durini, scholar and patron of the arts, who at the end of the eighteenth century chose this corner of the lake to make it a retreat of delight and literary leisure.