Identifier: italiancastlesco00batcrich (find matches)
Title: Italian castles and country seats
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878-
Subjects: Castles -- Italy Historic buildings -- Italy Italy -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green, and Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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their tennis tournament, Mrs. Fisher kindly came, and offered to take me in the Carlotta for our promised tea with the Marchesa Trotti, at her villa farther up the lake at Bellagio. This villa of the Marchese Lodovico Trotti Bentivoglio is one of the oldest villas on the Lake of Como. Its particularly beautiful position rendered it celebrated at the beginning of the last century, and its exceptional tropical and exotic garden today maintains its fame. It was done over in 1850, and the major part, I should think, is in Moorish style. The Marchesa Trotti is, like the Taverna, a much-beloved Lady-in-waiting to Queen Margherita. She greeted us most cordially at the landing, and suggested a stroll about the gardens before taking tea. The Marchese joined us, and led us through winding paths in and out, which constantly assumed a more tropical aspect; closely planted bamboo lined many of the walks, and fuchsias, enormous in size and profuse in blossoms, made an unusual and brilliant border to many (212)
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AND COUNTRY SEATS other parts of the garden path. The Marchese himself, like many of the Italian noblemen, has personally directed the construction of this wonderful garden, which is said to be the finest and most unique in Italy. I send you a picture that will make you feel that I have been in Japan rather than on the Lake of Como, and I assure you I felt so, as we stood on the tiny bridge and looked up the little artificial river crowded with rare waterplants up to the very edge of the miniature island, on which is built a little Japanese summerhouse. The Marchesa patiently waited while I took many pictures, and then guided us back through the labyrinth of blooms to the villa for tea. Although the Marchesa is no longer young, the brilliancy of her eyes, the sweetness of her smile, and her splendid bearing, make her still a most attractive woman, and I hope to have the opportunity and privilege of seeing much of her during my stay on the lake. She is a daughter of the Princess Belgioioso, and

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