Villa Melzi, Bellagio, Lake Como
Image by . Ray in Manila
The villa along the shore of Lake Como was built between 1808 and 1810 for Francesco Melzi d’Eril (1753-1816), Duke of Lodi, Vice President of Italian Republic under Napoleon and afterwards Gran Chancellor of the Napoleonic Reign of Italy. It became his residence at the end of his political career and afterwards his summer residence.