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BELLAGIO

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BELLAGIO , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

LOMBARDY

Lombardy, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

COMO (anc. Comum)
COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como, about 15 M. N.N.E. by steamer from the town of Como, situated on the promontory which divides the two See also:

SOUTHERN

southern arms of the See also:

Lake of Como. Pop. (1901) 3536. It is chiefly remarkable for the beauty of its scenery, and is a very favourite resort in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring and autumn. Some of the gardens of its villas are remarkably See also:

FINE

fine. The manufacture of silks and See also:

CARVING

carving in See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive See also:

wood are carried on.

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