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This international tourist resort, situated in a central, but also panoramic
and pictoresque position along the lakeside roadway, stands just in front
of the Borromee isles. Since the second half of nineteenth century up to
the first decades of the twentieth when the first English tourists arrived,
Stresa, whose hotels and villas built in Liberty style make it unique,
assumed its peculiar, elegant look. Nowadays it is a renowned holiday resosrt
as well as an important seat of cultural manifestations, meetings and international
congresses also thanks to its well-developed hotel system.
Piazza Marconi,
with its landing-stage and the Church of S. Ambrogio, which was restored
in Neo-Classical style by G. Zanoia in 1790, stretches from the beatiful
beach of the lakeside road. Just at the back of the church you see Villa
Ducale the first one to have been built in 1770 and after which all the
others fol- lowed; here Antonio Rosmini died, celebrated by II Centro Internazionale
di Studi Rosminiani (an international religious and cultural centre), which
holds its seat in the Villa.
Anyway the wonderful sightseeing over the
lake makes Stresa position a very valuable one: from here you can see one
part of the region of Lombardia with Cerro, Laveno up to the Rock of Calde,
as well as the bank of Piemonte with the Peak of Castagnola, Pallanza and
- on your left - Monte Rosso (613 m. above sea level) up to the Ossola
Mountains.
A typical tourist attraction is the Arcipelago of the Borromee
Isles linked to Stresa by the ferry- boats of the Lago Maggiore Navigation
Company
Stresa
Stresa from the lake
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