Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo |
Sightseeing |
| About & History: Villa Carlotta is one of the most famous villas around the lake, a place of rare beauty, where masterpieces of nature and art live together in perfect harmony in over 70.000 square meters of garden and museum. The building was erected around 1690 by marchese Giorgio Clerici. In 1801 Gian Battista Sommariva, famous politician, businessman and patron of arts, bought the villa. Thanks to this owner the property in Tremezzo attained the summit of its splendor and became one of the most important halting-place of the Grand Tour. The villa became a temple of XIX century art with works of Canova. Thorvaldsen and Hayez: Palamedes, Eros and Psyche, Terpsychore. Under Sommariva part of the park was transformed in a fascinating romantic garden. Sommariva's heirs sold the villa in 1843 to Princess Marianne of Nassau, Albert's of Prussia wife, who gave it as a present to her daughter Carlotta, during her wedding with Georg II of Saxen-Meiningen. Inside the beautiful garden you will find the "Ingresso di Alessandro Magno a Babilonia" by Berthel Thorwaldsen, built between 1817 and 1828; "The last kiss of Romeo and Juliet" by Francesco Hayez; "Amore e Psiche" by Adamo Tadolini in 1824, and more. Is possible visit the beautiful garden during all the year, multiplicity flowers: Camellias, century old Cedars, Sequoias, Tropical plants and more. The magnificent park revokes the Romantic period, garden with geometrical shape, fountains, old trees of big size and views of great charm. The Villa Carlotta's park is about 8 hectares, a place where you can spend a lovely day and lose yourself in the fascinating nature. |
| Star Scale:
5-Stars ***** (Best) |
Cost Scale:
$$ Less than Average |
| Email: segreteria@villacarlotta.it |
Phone: (+39) 0344 40405 |
| Address: Via Regina, 2 - 22019 Tremezzo, Como |
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| How to Reach: It is possible reach Villa Carlotta by bus C10, from San Giovanni railway, the time expected is 55 minutes to Tremezzo (48 bus stops).
For reach Villa Carlotta by car, you should go forward Via Cernobbio, in SS340 direction Via Largo Spluga (Como). |
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| Added on: 2016-05-02 09:36:18 |
Last Update: 2019-10-10 12:13:32 |
| Website: http://www.villacarlotta.it |
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