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terraces above, each reached by a double stairway 

 of graceful design. 



The traveller, studying the art of garden design 

 in Italy, should, after seeing the Villa Carlotta, 

 turn to his right towards Tremezzo. Shortly after 

 passing through it he will find a couple of delight- 

 ful water entrances. The further one has a most 

 interesting plan, which is worth study. From here 

 a row of twenty minutes or so will take him to the 

 Villa Balbianella (or Arconati). 



VILLA BALBIANELLO, LAKE OF COMO. 



ALSO known as Villa Arconati Visconti. Always 

 accessible. Built in 1785 by command of Cardinal 

 Durini, and at one time the residence of the Bishop 

 of Como. 



The balustrade of its garden terraces is the 

 famous feature of this villa, and it has two beautiful 

 water entrances, one on either side of the point of 

 the promontory on which it is situated. On an 

 upper terrace is a statue of a Bishop in the act of 

 blessing the waters beneath, and several more 

 statues of Bishops adorn the enclosing wall of the 

 little harbour. 



VILLA GIULIA, BELLAGIO, COMO. 



THIS villa must at one rime have had a formal 

 garden, but nothing of it remains. The approach 

 to the villa from the Como arm of the lake (at the 



