Napoleon's Room, Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella

Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. In the alcove is a large 18th century canopy bed, while the rest of the decor is Empire Style. The palazzo, begun 1632, was 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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