33. Villa dei Balbianello is situated in the comune Leno
province Como Italy on a small wooded peninsula on
south-west of Lake Como. The villa was built in 1787 by
Cardinal Angelo Maria Durin.In 1796 Giuseppe Arconati
Visconti bought the villa and made improvements in the
garden and loggia.In the twentieth century an American
military officer Butler Ames purchased the villa and
renovated all .In 1974 the villa was bought by explorer
Guido Monzino
In 1988 when Monzino died left the villa to the National
Trust of Italia
The Villa is open for visitors