Villa Carlotta

Lake Como

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May 10th 2017
Geo: 45.9861, 9.26081Lake Como is about an hour's drive north of Milan, up near the Swiss border. The lake is shaped like an upside-down "Y" with its three slender legs meeting at the small town of Bellagio. It is over 1300 ft deep, with its bottom being 660 ft below sea level. The town of Como is situated at the end of the lake's SW leg.We first visited the Villa Carlotta ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more