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BORROMEAN ISLANDS

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BORROMEAN ISLANDS , a See also:group of four islands on the W. See also:side of Lago See also:Maggiore off See also:Baveno and See also:Stresa. The See also:southern-most, the Isola Bella, is famous for its See also:chateau and terraced gardens, constructed by See also:Count Vitaliano See also:Borromeo (d. Ago). To the N.W. is the Isola dei Pescatori, containing a fishing See also:village; and to the N.E. of this the Isola Madre, the largest of the group, with a chateau and See also:garden; and to the N. again, off Pallanza, is the little Isola S. Giovanni.

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