Moltrasio in a December evening.

Villa Passalacqua, erected in the 18th century by the Odescalchi family and later on enlarged by count Andrea Passalacqua. Vincenzo Bellini lived here from 1829 to 1833; he composed La straniera and La sonnambula.

Villa Herker Hocevar (formerly Salterio),
another residence of Bellini in the Moltrasio area.

Vincenzo Bellini in Moltrasio.

Villa Passalacqua and the nearby church of S.Agata immersed in the colours of October.

Lights and shadows over S.Agata.

Summer midday.

Villa Fontanelle (1800), former residence of Gianni Versace, who often hosted times showbiz celebrities like Elton John, Madonna and many others.

• Private garden.
• Wisteria with villa Taverna
  in the background.
• Solitude on the lake.

A rose bush.

Old rural houses along the way up to the hills.

I mark serene hours only…

Winston Churchill came to Villa La Rosa for a pleasure holiday. However, the presence of the Prime Minister was more likely due to the finding of the secrete correspondence of Mussolini (who had been executed a few months earlier in a town near the Lario).

The tempietto of the Imperialino hotel. Venus shining in the sky.