Queens Room, Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore

Sala delle Regine or Queens Room, formerly the Room of the two Alcoves, 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. The walls are decorated with floral paintings on stone, mirrors and turquoise and gold stucco. In 1828, Maria Cristina di Savola, wife of the king of Sardinia Carlo Felice, stayed here, and the room changed its name. 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

Picture No

13744402

Media ID

45400263

Size

6201px x 8268px (16.9MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009