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Re: Today in pictures
Last set of photos from my hols on Garda - all taken around the hotel and the village of Gargnano.
1-5 Hotel and gardens
6 Shrine in Villa di Gargnano
7 Port in Villa di Gargnano
8 Yacht on Garda -taken from terrace of San Tommaso
9 Villa Feltrinelli taken from beach in Gargnano
10 Me -the only photo from this holiday!
Villa Feltrinelli is where Mussolini and his family lived from '43-45 during the Republic of Salò. His lover, 30yrs his junior, Claretta Petacchi was installed in Villa Flaminia in Gardone Riviera just down the lake -they were eventually assasinated together while trying to escape the country. Palazzo Feltrinelli in the center of Gargnano was where the "puppet" government met -it now belongs to the Uni. of Milan and is used for conferences. The Hotel where I stayed was also requisitioned and housed some of Mussolini's ministers.
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