Italian villas and their gardens . ts gardens, ascending the hillside behindthe house, and now used as a public park, must oncehave been very fine. The Grand Hotel of Varese is 224 LOMBARD VILLAS also an old villa, and its architectural screen and pro-jecting wings form an unusually characteristic fagade ofthe same period. Here, again, little remains of the oldgarden but a charming upper terrace; but the interiordecorations of many of the rooms are undisturbed, andare exceptionally interesting examples of the more deli-cate Italian baroque. Another famous country house, CastellazzodArconate,at
Italian villas and their gardens . ts gardens, ascending the hillside behindthe house, and now used as a public park, must oncehave been very fine. The Grand Hotel of Varese is 224 LOMBARD VILLAS also an old villa, and its architectural screen and pro-jecting wings form an unusually characteristic fagade ofthe same period. Here, again, little remains of the oldgarden but a charming upper terrace; but the interiordecorations of many of the rooms are undisturbed, andare exceptionally interesting examples of the more deli-cate Italian baroque. Another famous country house, CastellazzodArconate,at Bollate, is even more palatial than the Duke of Mo-denas villa at Varese, and, while rather heavy in generaloutline, has an interesting interior fagade, with a longarcade resting on coupled columns, and looking out overa stately courtyard with statues. This villa is said tohave preserved a part of its old gardens, but it is difficultof access, and could not be visited at the time when thematerial for these chapters was ,q,V.,_V^ RAILING OF THE VILLA ALARIO22 c: VILLAS OF VENETIA
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