Villa Carlotta

Villa Carlotta Museum and Botanical Garden, Tremezzo	Villa Carlotta on Lake Como - construction started in 1690	Villa Carlotta got its name when it was given as a wedding present to Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen	Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Fountain in front of the Villa Carlotta	Fountain in front of the Villa Carlotta	Fountain in front of the Villa Carlotta	Sculpture in front of the VIlla Carlotta
Sculpture in front of the VIlla Carlotta	ComoJSculpture in front of the VIlla Carlottaun12 292.jpg	Sculpture in front of Villa Carlotta	Sculpture in front of Villa Carlotta
The Sachsen-Meiningen family lost the villa at the onset of World War I when German and Italy found themselves on opposing sides	Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo	Villa Carlotta is now a museum	Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
The staircase leading to the main entrance	Turtles in one of the fountains at Villa Carlotta	The terrace facing Lake Como, Villa Carlotta	Villa Carlotta - the Marble Room with its marble frieze by Bertel Thorvaldsen
Venus and Mars by Luigi Acquisti	Venus and Mars, Villa Carlotta	Plaster Room with stucco panels by Camillo Pacetti	The original plaster of the Muse Terpsichore by Canova
Palamedes' Room - Villa Carlotta	Palamedes by Antonio Canova	That fig leaf isn't covering much...	Canova's Palamedes, Villa Carlotta
Canova carved Palamedes in 1805	Palamedes with strategically placed mirror	Wicar's Room - Villa Carlotta	Virgil reading the Aeneid to Emperor Augustus (23 BC) by Jean-Baptiste Wicar
Repentant Magdalene by Canova	Magdalene's Room in Villa Carlotta with Canova's Repentant Magdalene	Sala Napoleonica - Villa Carlotta	Ceiling decoration by the workshop of Ludovico Pogliaghi
Artifical bas-relief with marine motifs in the Views' Room, Villa Carlotta	The Last Adieu of Romeo and Juliet by Francisco Hayez, 1823	Romeo and Juliet's Room - Atala's Last Communion by Pierre-Jerome Lordon, 1808	Eros Provides Two Doves with Drink by Luigi Beinhaime, 1821
Eros in the Romeo and Juliette Room, Villa Carlotta	Eros Provides Two Doves with Drink, Villa Carlotta	Eros Provides Two Doves with Drink, Villa Carlotta	Detail of the Eros sculpture in the Romeo and Juliette Room
Replica of Canova's Eros and Psyche by his student, Antonio Tadolini	Eros and Psyche - the original Canova is at the Hermitage and another at the Louvre	Eros and Psyche, Villa Carlotta	Eros and Psyche, Villa Carlotta
Eros and Psyche, Villa Carlotta	Eros and Psyche, Villa Carlotta	Eros and Psyche, Villa Carlotta	Lakeside terrace from the second floor balcony, Villa Carlotta
La Galleria on the second floor of Villa Carlotta	La Galleria on the second floor of Villa Carlotta	La Galleria on the second floor of Villa Carlotta	Studio of George II of Saxe-Meinigen
Second floor dining room - Villa Carlotta	Rear terrace from the second floor, Villa Carlotta	Map of the Botanical Garden of Villa Carlotta	Botanical Garden, Villa Carlotta
Topiary ducks, Villa Carlotta	Botanical Garden, Villa Carlotta	Botanical Garden, Villa Carlotta	Cactus Garden, Villa Carlotta
Cactus Garden, Villa Carlotta	Fern Gully, Botanical Garden of Villa Carlotta	Botanical Garden of Villa Carlotta	Botanical Garden of Villa Carlotta
Botanical Garden of Villa Carlotta	Bamboo Garden, Villa Carlotta	Bamboo Garden, Villa Carlotta	Overlooking the garden, Villa Carlotta