NOTES: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola designed the villa and the gardens while Tommaso Chiruchi of Siena was the specialist in hydraulics who engineered all the water features.
NOTES: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola designed the villa and the gardens while Tommaso Chiruchi of Siena was the specialist in hydraulics who engineered all the water features.
NOTES: Holly Village was designed by Henry Astley Darbishire for the philanthropist Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts. It consists of four detached houses and four pairs of adjoining cottages built around a green.
NOTES: Palazzo Borromeo was commissioned by Carlo III in 1632 and dedicated to his wife Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. Construction of the house and design of its gardens was entrusted to Angelo Crivelli and completed by Carlo Fontana. The gardens were inaugurated in 1671.
NOTES: Palazzo Borromeo was commissioned by Carlo III in 1632 and dedicated to his wife Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. Construction of the house and design of its gardens was entrusted to Angelo Crivelli and completed by Carlo Fontana. The gardens were inaugurated in 1671.
NOTES: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola designed the villa and the gardens while Tommaso Chiruchi of Siena was the specialist in hydraulics who engineered all the water features.