Count Passalacqua

Count Andrea Passalacqua was gifted this beautiful property in the 1700’s from a papal family.  The Count hired the prominent Swiss architect, Felice Soave, to design this spectacular lake house creating one of the larger Villas on Lake Como at 30,000 square feet.  The villa has numerous works of art internally, the most significant of which are frescoes painted by Andrea Appiani.  The Count’s most famous long-term guest was Vincenzo Bellini who composed his most famous operas while at the Villa between 1829 and 1833.