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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Alps | Italy | Switzerland | summer | water | lakes | scenic drives)
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.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.LOMBARD 01791] 'Nostalgia.' Going back down from the Sasso del Ferro above Laveno in a funny bin from the seventees. It is the only panorama mountain where you can see the snow capped Monte Rosa rise behind the Lago Maggiore. Photo Paul Smit.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.LOMBARD 01791] 'Nostalgia.' Going back down from the Sasso del Ferro above Laveno in a funny bin from the seventees. It is the only panorama mountain where you can see the snow capped Monte Rosa rise behind the Lago Maggiore. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Hermitage with a view .'
The Santa Caterina hermitage is built on a breathtaking spot halfway up a cliff over Lago Maggiore. Here a hermit once retreated in a cave. He helped people with spiritual advise and medical care. Asking what he wanted in return he said "a chapel." Later a church and small monastery grew from it, still occupied by several lay brothers and sisters plus one friar and open to visitors. Photo Paul Smit. [ITALY.LOMBARD 01809]
'Hermitage with a view .'
The Santa Caterina hermitage is built on a breathtaking spot halfway up a cliff over Lago Maggiore. Here a hermit once retreated in a cave. He helped people with spiritual advise and medical care. Asking what he wanted in return he said "a chapel." Later a church and small monastery grew from it, still occupied by several lay brothers and sisters plus one friar and open to visitors. Photo Paul Smit. filename: 1809 |
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