The Villa del Balbiano is a villa in Ossuccio on Lake Como, in Lombardy, Italy, begun after Tolomeo Gallio acquired the property in 1596. Its outer and partition walls were largely complete by 1638, and later members of the Gallio family, including Marco Gallio, Carlo Gallio, and Giacomo Gallo, finished the interior with stuccowork and frescoes and added gardens and fountains through the 1680s; the writer Giovanni Battista Giovio attributed the design to the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi, though this is not certain. Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini, who bought the villa in 1787, commissioned new frescoes and had a small church, a tower, and a lighthouse built on the grounds. The property was modernized from 2011 under the French interior architect Jacques Garcia and now operates as a luxury private residence, and it was used as a filming location for the 2021 film House of Gucci. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own account Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
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1. Villa del Balbiano (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_del_Balbiano, lead definition
The Villa del Balbiano is a villa in Ossuccio, in Lombardy, Italy.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Villa del Balbiano is a villa in Ossuccio on Lake Como, in Lombardy, Italy, begun after Tolomeo Gallio acquired the property in 1596. Its outer and partition walls were largely complete by 1638, and later members of the Gallio family, including Marco Gallio, Carlo Gallio, and Giacomo Gallo, finished the interior with stuccowork and frescoes and added gardens and fountains through the 1680s; the writer Giovanni Battista Giovio attributed the design to the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi, though this is not certain. Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini, who bought the villa in 1787, commissioned new frescoes and had a small church, a tower, and a lighthouse built on the grounds. The property was modernized from 2011 under the French interior architect Jacques Garcia and now operates as a luxury private residence, and it was used as a filming location for the 2021 film House of Gucci.
View the Source2. Villa del Balbiano (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q4012057, instance of (P31): villa
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Tremezzina, Italy
Wikidata item Q4012057, property P131/P17 (location): Tremezzina, Italy
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Villa del Balbiano
- Wikidata Q4012057, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
- Wikidata Q4012057, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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