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Italy/Switzerland: Lago Maggiore
Italy/Switzerland: Lago Maggiore
In the sixties and seventies the Swiss shore was a meeting place for artists and the rich. The money is still there, but got older. Where hip galleries used to be now you encounter expensive pharmacies. But the azure coloured lake, Riviera-like shores and surrounding valleys never lost their attractiveness. The largest part of the lake is in Italy and nothing has changed there. The beauty of its islands like Isola Bella is timeless. Lakeside resort Stresa still dreams of the return of its belle epoque. And subtropical botanical gardens, hidden monasteries and proud castles dot the shores as they did before.
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'Hibiscus, Brissago Island.'
Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit. ![Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.TICINO 01386] 'Hibiscus, Brissago Island.' Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit.](http://cdn.smugmug.com/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.TICINO 01386] 'Hibiscus, Brissago Island.' Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Hibiscus, Brissago Island.'
Hibiscuses are part of the exotic vegetation on the Brissago Islands in the Swiss part of the Lago Maggiore. The largest island, now a botanical garden, was designed by a beautiful barones, who not only loved flowers but even more money and male intellectuals. Bankrupt finally she had to sell her paradise to Max Emden. Photo Paul Smit.filename: 1386 |
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