duck chicks
by Aurorae
There are so many ducks on the lake (I'll mention that a few times :)) But the little ones are the cutest! If you're lucky to see the chicks floating or walking behind the mother it's so funny! As soon as I approached, the little ones rushed to their mother's feathers, and sailed off to the Como lake together!
Children adore to play with them...
Villa Olmo Facade
by Aurorae
"The neoclassical inspiration of Simone Cantoni fully manifests itself in the design of the villa's facade; a central body with five wide entrances in the median zone, above which rise six Ionic style columns. The roof of the villa is surronded by a balustrade interrupted by a large coat of arms of the Visconti di Modrone dukes. Especially striking is the great number of windows which give light to every room and which provide views of the lake and the garden of incomparable natural beaty. "
http://iride.unipv.it/camp95/villaolmo.html
Lace trees
by Aurorae
All around the lake there are these funny lace alike trees, I'm not a botanic so I have no idea what's their name (I never see them at home either!) but they are so impressive to me, especially when covering the lakside promenade.
Como's celebrities
by Aurorae
"Caio Plinio, a naturalist and a scientist who was the author of the famous "Naturalis Historia", Plinio "the young", a politician and a literate, Paolo Giovio, a historian and bishop of Nocera, Pope Innocenzo XI and Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the battery. Inventiveness and initiative have always been the innate endowment of the people living in Como. In the archtectural field we must not forget that from our lake and from the nearby areas used to come the Maestri Comacini, that starting from the Medieval period, they used to be builders both in Italy and abroad. The construction of the majestic Cathedral (il Duomo di Como), that has been built thanks to the genius of the Maestri Comacini, was beguin in 1396 and continued for many centuries thanks to the work of many sculptors and artistsand it was finally completed in 1744; the front part, in particular constitutes a real jewel of the Gothic-Renaissance."
The real Bellagio
by icunme
Called the “Pearl of the Lake”, Bellagio's world class hotels and restaurants provide the perfect place to soak up the lake's famous panorama. The village is characterised by century-old buildings, stone lanes and picturesque cobbled stairways filled with shops showcasing the finest Italian wares.