In 1838, Bellagio received with just about all honours the Chief Ferdinand I, the Archduke Rainer plus the Minister Metternich, who came through Varenna on typically the Lario, the first steamboat on the pond, launched in 1826. Bellagio was among the localities most visited by the Lombardy nobility and saw the development of villas and gardens. Luxury shops opened” “inside the village and tourists crowded onto the lakeshore drive. Space…



