Queen's Pavilion Hotel Villa d'Este on Lake Como
by Douglas Wielfaert
Title
Queen's Pavilion Hotel Villa d'Este on Lake Como
Artist
Douglas Wielfaert
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Cardinal Building and the Queen’s Pavilion are separate historical villas that now comprise the Hotel Villa d'Este. The hotel website describes The Queen's Pavilion, seen here, as "an elegant red trompe l'oeil building." It was interesting to me to discover that trompe l'oeil is a term or technique that might be used in architecture to create the illusion of a much deeper space than a building actually occupies.
In 1815 Caroline of Brunswick, the Princess of Wales, moved to the area and changed the name of the site from Villa Garrovo to Villa D'este. (This was an older building). If you are a history buff, you will find the circumstances of her arrival here intriguing. Caroline soon ran out of money, sold the original villa then died in 1821. Twenty-five years later in 1856, Baron Ciani designed and built the structure you see here in her honor, which was available for public accommodation as a spa. The building was soon leased to Russian czarina Maria Feodorowna. Twenty years after that, this building and the larger Cardinal building next door became the Hotel Villa d'Este.
We captured this image from a boat on a stormy day in late May on our way back to the town of Como from Bellagio.
Doug and Marcy Wielfaert are a husband and wife team located in Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains. Our home range certainly colors our portfolio, but we love traveling across the country and around the globe to capture scenes like this one. We would be honored if you would “like”, “favorite” or comment on this image, doing so helps increase our search engine rankings.
Doug’s Artist Website:
http://dougwphotography.com
Marcy’s Artist Website:
http://marcysphotography.com
For the backstory on many of our photoshoots, meet us on our blog site:
https://dougnmarcysphotojourney.com
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@marcys.photo.journey
Watch our short video trailer:
https://youtu.be/N-i367_lNHI
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February 1st, 2019
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Douglas Wielfaert replied:
Thanks for the feature, Tatiana, and sorry for circling back so late, but we were on yet another trip these last weeks. We found Lake Como to be rich in vibrant color, culture and history. The people were wonderful and the real fun for us came later as we worked to identify the landmarks we encountered. We did a companion YouTube video and were surprised with the great interest in this area.
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