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Bellagio harbour

The centre of Bellagio seen from the shore, with the bell tower, the houses on the water and the curved harbour wall. The photochrom was printed by Photoglob of Zurich between 1890 and 1900; the photograph dates from August 1997.

A late nineteenth-century photochrom: Bellagio from the shore, under the branches of a tree, with the bell tower, the houses on the water, the curved harbour wall and two rowing boats with awnings.
1890–1900 · Photochrom by Photoglob, ZurichPhotochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Bellagio from the shore on a cloudy day: the bell tower, the row of houses on the water, the harbour wall and a large white boat moored at the landing stage.
1997 · PhotographTom Page · CC BY-SA 2.0

What the two pictures show

The bell tower, the row of houses on the shore and the harbour wall are where they were. In the photochrom rowing boats with awnings pass in front of the village; in the photograph a large white boat is moored at the landing stage.