The Amazing Luxurious Villas of Lake Como, Italy | Part 1

Mar 2, 2020

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Bomb Discovered Outside George Clooney's Lake Como Villa
THE TELEGRAPH: An unexploded Second World War bomb has been discovered outside George Clooney's Lake Como villa.

The 500lb explosive was discovered 15 yards underwater in Lake Como just in front of the actor's 30million euro 30-bed mansion, Villa Oleandra.

Bomb squad experts raced to the scene on the shores of the Italian lake in the Lombardy region in the alpine north of the country. >>> | Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Celebrity Klatsch: Paparazzi Force George Clooney to Sell Lake Como Villa

TIMES INLINE: The actor George Clooney is reported to be selling his villa on Lake Como because of harrassment by paparazzi, a move which highlights the growing row over the invasion of celebrities' private lives.

Potential buyers of the Villa Oleandra at Laglio on Lake Como, which Clooney bought in 2002 for a reported $10 million (£6.5 million), include the footballer David Beckham, who is currently playing for AC Milan, and the Russian vodka and banking tycoon Tariko Roustam.

Beckham and his wife Victoria are said to have "fallen in love" with the villa while staying with Clooney last Spring, with the football star later telling team mates it was "quiet and peaceful and not far from Milan". The villa complex includes a botanical garden, tennis courts and an annex.

Corriere della Sera said lawyers from Milan had approached the Swiss property company dealing with the sale on the Beckhams' behalf. However Mr Roustam had raised his offer to €30 million, vowing "The villa will be mine". >>> Richard Owen in Rome | Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Clooney Protests

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THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: U.S. film star George Clooney has joined a protest to stop construction of parking lots and a promenade in the northern Italian lakeside town where he owns a villa because he fears his presence is turning the quiet town into a tourist attraction.

Clooney was among some 300 townspeople who signed the petition against the planned construction in the town of Laglio on Lake Como, according to organizers.

"Yes I signed it. Almost every member of the town signed it," Clooney said on Friday.

"My concern is that this village that has stood for hundreds of years would be destroyed simply because I happened to have lived there for the last six years.

"I told my neighbors that I would do what they wanted.

"And it seemed that they didn't want to demolish the harbor where all the local fishermen keep their boats," Clooney said. Clooney’s holiday hideaway drama (more)

Mark Alexander