Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy and the Swiss canton of Ticino. Located halfway between Lake Orta and Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore extends for about...
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Santa Maria Maggiore (Ossolano: Santa Marìa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, in Valle...
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Johann Maria Farina (category People from Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont)
Giovanni Maria Farina (born 8 December 1685, Santa Maria Maggiore; Germanized name: Johann Maria Farina, Francized: Jean Marie Farina – 25 November 1766...
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Maria Maggiore, Trento, a church in Italy Santa Maria Maggiore, Vasto, a church in the region of Abruzzo, Italy Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont, a municipality...
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Piedmont (/ˈpiːdmɒnt/ PEED-mont, Italian: Piemonte, pronounced [pjeˈmonte]; Piedmontese: Piemont, [pjeˈmʊŋt]), located in northwest Italy, is one of the...
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Isola Madre (category Islands of Lake Maggiore in Italy)
falls within the Italian part of the Alpine Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont. The island is occupied by a number of buildings...
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Bella (lit. 'beautiful island') is one of the Borromean islands of Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres...
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The Lake Maggiore massacres was a set of World War II war crimes that took place near Lake Maggiore, Italy, in September and October 1943. Despite strict...
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in Piedmont is the Po. Other important rivers, in order of their mean rate of discharge, include: The principal lakes of Piedmont are: Lago Maggiore 212 km2...
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Stresa (category Populated places on Lake Maggiore)
residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the Italian region of Piedmont. about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest...
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Italy), Lake Maggiore (largest in southern Switzerland) and Lake Como (deepest in Italy). The lakes are located in the Italian regions of Piedmont, Lombardy...
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Gian Maria Rastellini (category People from Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont)
enrolled, very young, at the Rossetti Valentini Art School in Santa Maria Maggiore, where together with Maurizio Borgnis, Carlo Fornara and Giovanni Battista...
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Berlin as the son of a Prussian officer and died in Biganzolo, Lago Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. He undertook his first expedition to Africa in 1904 to the...
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Santa Maria Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in Racconigi, Province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy. In 1725–27, a church at the site was rebuilt...
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Lorenzo Peretti Junior (category People from Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont)
following year at the Rossetti Valentini School of Fine Arts in Santa Maria Maggiore, where he took courses in painting, drawing and ornamentation taught by...
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Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italian: [verˈbaːno ˈkuːzjo ˈɔssola]) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical...
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is a town and comune on the river Cannobino and the shore of Lago Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy. The local inhabitants probably became subject to Roman rule...
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Borromean Islands (category Islands of Lake Maggiore in Italy)
group of three small islands and two islets in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore, located in the western arm of the lake, between Verbania to the north...
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Baveno (category Cities and towns in Piedmont)
province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, part of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is on the west shore of Lago Maggiore, 21 kilometres (13 mi) northwest of Arona...
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[aˈrʊŋa]; Western Lombard: Aruna [aˈruna]) is a town and comune on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Novara (northern Italy). Its main economic activity...
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Isola dei Pescatori (category Islands of Lake Maggiore in Italy)
Isola dei Pescatori (meaning Fishermen's Island) is an island in Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. As the most northerly of the three principal Borromean...
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Verbania (category Populated places on Lake Maggiore)
province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about 91 km (57 mi) north-west of...
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Enrico Cavalli (category People from Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont)
painter Carlo Giuseppe Cavalli and Francesca Motta, he left Santa Maria Maggiore (Ossola Valley) for France when his family moved there in 1855. After spending...
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Torino music conservatory Stresa music festival on Lake Maggiore National Symphony Orchestra Torino September music festival Concerts today in Piedmont...
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Meina (category Cities and towns in Piedmont)
of Lake Maggiore. During World War II, Meina was the site of the massacre of 16 Italian Jews by German SS soldiers as part of the Lake Maggiore massacres...
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Giardini Botanici dell'Isola Madre (category Lake Maggiore)
in the Borromean Islands of Lake Maggiore, accessible by ferry from Stresa, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy. They are open daily in the...
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Scoglio della Malghera (category Islands of Lake Maggiore in Italy)
Malghera is a small island belonging to the Borromean Islands of Lake Maggiore, one of the main subalpine lakes of northern Italy. It is located halfway...
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Ticino (river) (category Tributaries of Lake Maggiore)
(Lake Maggiore, R) Maggia (Lake Maggiore, R) Cannobino (Lake Maggiore, R) Giona (Lake Maggiore, L) Tresa (Lake Maggiore, L) Boesio (Lake Maggiore, L) San...
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Castellani Collection (ancient jewellery) 1991-1994 House on the Lake Maggiore (Piedmont) 1996 “La Pievaccia” Tower at Follonica (Province of Grosseto, Tuscany;...
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Sacro Monte di Ghiffa (category Tourist attractions in Piedmont)
in the comune of Ghiffa, Piedmont, northern Italy, overlooking the Lake Maggiore. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in...
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