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2. Isola Bella (Lago Maggiore) - Wikipedia

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   Isola 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 from the lakeside town of Stresa . Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between the Palace, its Italianate garden , and a small fishing village.

3. Isola Bella (Sicily) - Wikipedia

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   Isola Bella (Sicily) Isola Bella (Sicilian: Ìsula Bedda) is a small island near Taormina, Sicily, southern Italy. Also known as The Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned by Florence Trevelyan, until 1990, when it was bought by the Region of Sicily, being turned ...

4. Borromean Islands - Wikipedia

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   Isola Bella, named for Isabella, countess Borromeo, was originally a largely barren rock; after first improvements and buildings, opened by count Carlo III between 1629 and 1652, his son Vitaliano the 6th built an attractive summer palace, bringing in vast quantities of soil in order to build up a system of ten terraces for the garden.

5. The 25 Best Beach Towns for an Affordable Summer Vacation - AOL

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   Vieste, Italy. Vieste is a charming town on the Gargano Peninsula featuring beautiful beaches, scrumptious cuisine, and a historic old town. ... Families can take a cable car ride to Isola Bella ...

6. House of Borromeo - Wikipedia

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   The islands have beautiful gardens. Two of the islands have grand palaces, still owned by the family. Vitaliano Borromeo built a summer palace on the Isola Bella for his wife Isabella between 1650 and 1671 which was later enlarged by Cardinal Giberto III (1615–1672) and Count Vitaliano VI (1620–1690). Count Carlo IV (1657–1734) had the ...

7. Florence Trevelyan - Wikipedia

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   The Isola Bella, below Taormina. In 1890 she purchased the Isola Bella, a small rocky island below the town of Taormina, attached to the mainland by a narrow sandy path, on which she built a house and established a garden. In among the native Mediterranean plants she planted non-native trees, rare shrubs and grasses.