Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore

Isola Bella with palace and fishing village, aerial view, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The island houses the Palazzo Borromeo, begun 1632, designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. The gardens were completed 1671 by Carlo IV Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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