Lake of Como

A lake whose shores the Frankenstein family visited for a week during an excursion beyond Italy's frontiers, and near which Caroline Frankenstein discovered the orphaned Elizabeth Lavenza in a peasant cot and took her in.

A lake the Frankenstein family once visited for a week, and near whose shores Caroline Frankenstein found the orphaned Elizabeth Lavenza; it is also where Villa Lavenza, part of Elizabeth's restored inheritance, stands, and where she and Victor planned to spend their first days of married happiness.