Italian castles and country seats . STAIRWAY AT VISCONTI VILLAOLMO, LAKE OF COMO. VILLA BELVEDERE, AT MACHERIO, NEAR MILAN,OF DUKE VISCONTI DI MODRONE AND COUNTRY SEATS Cusani his stables, horses, and automobiles, the Duchessand I took pictures upstairs, and I enjoyed talking overour mutual friends, and my visits already past andprospective. It is very difficult to take a large number of peoplewith a kodak and give the necessary time exposure,for do what you will somebody will laugh and set allthe others off, and then of course your films are useless;but all the same I think I was successful i
Italian castles and country seats . STAIRWAY AT VISCONTI VILLAOLMO, LAKE OF COMO. VILLA BELVEDERE, AT MACHERIO, NEAR MILAN,OF DUKE VISCONTI DI MODRONE AND COUNTRY SEATS Cusani his stables, horses, and automobiles, the Duchessand I took pictures upstairs, and I enjoyed talking overour mutual friends, and my visits already past andprospective. It is very difficult to take a large number of peoplewith a kodak and give the necessary time exposure,for do what you will somebody will laugh and set allthe others off, and then of course your films are useless;but all the same I think I was successful in getting somegood pictures, not only of the villa, with its rare oldfamily laces and furniture, but of the people of ourpresent party. The name Belvedere di Macherio seems mostappropriate for this villa of the Duke Visconti, as theview embraces, from its high situation, the most charm-ing panorama of the Brianza Alps and the fertilevalley of the Lambro. This villa, once called VillaMaggi, was bought by the present Dukes father about1870, and his expert hands knew well how to
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