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    Stresa is a comune (municipality) of about 4,600 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the Italian region...
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    / 45.896417°N 8.526000°E / 45.896417; 8.526000 The Stresa Front was an agreement made in Stresa, a town on the banks of Lake Maggiore in Italy, between...
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    On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a traction or haulage cable snapped about five metres...
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    The Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone Cable Car (Italian: Funivia Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone) is an aerial tramway cable transport located in the commune of Stresa in...
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    straggling guards of the retreat's main line. Emilio: A bartender in the town of Stresa who helps them flee to Switzerland. Count Greffi: A ninety-four-year-old...
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    is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between...
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  • The Stresa Festival Orchestra is a formation composed by young and talented musicians coming from renowned European orchestras, assembled by Gianandrea...
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    of the Villa Taranto in Verbania, and the Alpinia Botanical Garden above Stresa. Lake Maggiore is drained by the river Ticino, a main tributary of the Po...
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    the Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone Cable Car cableway from Carciano, a frazione of Stresa. This was built to replace a rack and pinion railroad from Stresa in...
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    introduced conscription. The United Kingdom, France and Italy formed the Stresa Front in April 1935 in order to contain Germany, a key step towards military...
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    War. Mussolini took part in the Treaty of Lausanne, Four-Power Pact and Stresa Front. However, he alienated the democratic powers as tensions grew in the...
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    "Orient Express, quando tra Londra e Costantinopoli c'erano le fermate a Stresa e Pallanza" (in Italian). 15 June 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2023. "Le cannonate...
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    Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian) Province Stresa in foreground (province of Varese across lake) Flag Coat of arms Map highlighting...
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    Hague conference on reparations Young Plan Lausanne Conference Locarno Stresa Front Possible cause of the Second World War International Opium Convention...
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    French manufacturer Ryo Catteau, with the main number machine using their Stresa model, whilst the Lucky Star Number machine uses their Pâquerette model...
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    added to the original building between 1911 and 1912. After staying in Stresa in 1918, American writer Ernest Hemingway set part of the 1929 novel A Farewell...
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    of the Treaty of Versailles and the spirit of the Locarno Pact and the Stresa Front, Germany remilitarized the Rhineland on March 7, 1936, by moving German...
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    Musicali al Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore - Stresa Festival Side International Culture and Art Festival Sochi...
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  • Coppa Papà Carlo and Coppa Città di Stresa, but reverted to a single race – on the route of the Coppa Città di Stresa – in 2012. Held as the Italian National...
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    Germany to Italy. Due to concerns of German expansionism, Italy joined the Stresa Front with France and the United Kingdom, which existed from 1935 to 1936...
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    Empire from France in return for Italian support against Germany in the Stresa Front. This was refused by French Prime Minister Édouard Herriot, who was...
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    Trunk of mature wisteria supported by balustrade (Stresa, Italy)...
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    areas of Tyrol. Due to concerns of German expansionism, Italy joined the Stresa Front with France and Britain against Germany which existed from 1935 to...
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  • Maling River Gorge cable car crash Xingyi, Guizhou, China 14 23 May 2021 Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash Mottarone, Italy 13 12 July 1972 Bettmeralp cable...
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  • and has offices in London, New York and Singapore. WFA was founded in Stresa, Italy, on 14 May 1953 as the Union Internationale des Associations d'Annonceurs...
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  • Villa "La Palazzola" is located in Stresa, Italy near Lake Maggiore.[citation needed] An estate overlooks the Borromean Islands. The villa was built at...
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    located in the western arm of the lake, between Verbania to the north and Stresa to the south. Together totalling just 50 acres (20 hectares) in area, they...
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    signed the Stresa Front on 14 April 1935, an alliance with France and Italy (which had joined the Allies in World War One). However, the Stresa Front did...
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     France Versailles 52 2004 (June 3–6) Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées  Italy Stresa 53 2005 (May 5–8) Seehotel Überfahrt  Germany Rottach-Egern 54 2006 (June...
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