A Victorian Lakefront Estate in Menaggio on Lake Como

One of the largest properties in Menaggio, with 1,050 feet of private lake frontage, Villa Olivetta is a Victorian outlier among the Italianate and Liberty-style estates that define Lake Como, built in the late 19th century by London-born engineer Herman Mylius.

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The Naples Palazzo Where Modern Italy Was Declared Is on the Market

Where the modern nation of Italy was born: Giuseppe Garibaldi, the revolutionary general leading the campaign to unify Italy, publicly declared that the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in on September 7, 1860 from the palace’s principal balcony. the final, symbolic step that allowed modern Italy to come into being months later.

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