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CADENABBIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CADENABBIA  , a

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village of
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Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Como, about 15 M . N.N.E. by steamer from the
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town of Como . It is situated on the W.
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shore of the lake of Como, and owing to the
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great beauty of the scenery and of the vegetation, and its sheltered situation, is a favourite spring and autumn resort . The most famous of its villas is the
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Villa Carlotta, now the
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property of the duke of Saxe-
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Meiningen, which contains marble reliefs by Thorwaldsen, representing the triumph of Alexander, and statues by Canova .

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