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Villa Monastero

Varenna, Italy · built 1800

Villa Monastero is located in Varenna, Province of Lecco, on the shore of Lake Como. It includes a botanical garden, a museum, and a convention center, contains precious architecture, period furniture, works of art and a beautiful park that extends to Fiumelatte (river) with paths overlooking the lake, tall cypresses and many species of exotic plants.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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