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Then and now · Bellagio

The Bellagio lakefront

The walk along the lake at Bellagio, with the village's houses and the hill at the far end. The albumen print was published by the English publisher Francis Frith between about 1859 and 1898; the photograph dates from 2012.

An albumen print: the unpaved road along the Bellagio shore, with a railing between stone posts, young trees tied to stakes and, at the far end, the bell tower and the houses below the hill.
c. 1859–1898 · Albumen print published by Francis FrithRijksmuseum · CC0
The gravel promenade on the Bellagio lakefront, with flowerbeds, rows of pollarded trees and people walking; at the end, large yellow buildings and the hill with a villa on top.
2012 · PhotographAlbertomos · CC BY-SA 3.0

What the two pictures show

In the print the road is unpaved, separated from the lake by a railing between stone posts, with young trees tied to stakes. In the photograph the promenade is laid with gravel, with flowerbeds and rows of pollarded trees, and a tarmac road runs alongside on the right.