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Lake Como has a schedule of international cultural events every summer in a number of locations around the lake.  The splendour of its villas and parks are the perfect setting, gifting visitors, locals and home owners’ memorable experiences.
Every July the city of Como hosts three weeks of events in the beautiful Villa Olmo, a neoclassical villa with lakeside gardens holiday accommodation sunshine coast open all year round. holiday accommodation sunshine coast Villa Olmo was built in 1812 when Lombardy was one of the liveliest cultural scenes in Europe.  Every year Villa Olmo is the venue for the most important international art exhibition in the north of Italy.  Among the many performances in this year’s events were:
The spotlight is now on Villa Erba in Cernobbio, one of the most representative 19th century Italian lake villas with a lakefront botanical garden.  In the 20th century the Villa was owned by an aristocratic Milanese holiday accommodation sunshine coast family and was later inherited by Count Luchino holiday accommodation sunshine coast Visconti di Modrone, one of the most important holiday accommodation sunshine coast film directors and screenwriters of the past century and later bought by the city of Cernobbio to make it a renowned exposition centre.
From the 4th – 12th of August Villa Erba will host a number of internationally acclaimed Italian songwriters and musicians alternating jazz, classical compositions and tango rhythms in what can best be described as musical contamination .  In the spirit of the festival, entrance to the performances is free.  Among the artists is award-winning Italian virtuoso pianist Christian Leotta who has a home in Como and will perform Beethoven’s sonatas on the 9th of August.
The city of Menaggio is a destination for guitar enthusiasts hosting the 6th year of the International Guitar Festival on the 25th and 26th of August.  There are 9 venues in total where you will be able to find the musicians, including the Grand Hotel di Menaggio.
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