Queen's Pavilion of Hotel Villa d'Este Lake Como Youth T-Shirt

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 Feodor...

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