Stresa

Coordinates: 45°53′01″N 08°32′22″E / 45.88361°N 8.53944°E / 45.88361; 8.53944
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Stresa
Comune di Stresa
Stresa and Lake Maggiore
Stresa and Lake Maggiore
Coat of arms of Stresa
Location of Stresa
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28838
Dialing code0323
Patron saintAmbrose
Saint day7 December
WebsiteOfficial website

Stresa is a comune (municipality) of about 4,600 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 of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Simplon Pass.

History

The Grand Hotel in Stresa

The name of the town first appeared in documents on 15 January AD 998 as "Strixsya"; later "Strexia", "Strexa" and "Stresia" were used.[3] In the 15th century it grew into a fishing community and owed feudal allegiance to the House of Visconti of Milan.[citation needed] It subsequently came under the control of the Borromeo family.

In 1948 American author and journalist

Farewell to Arms
in the Grand Hotel des Îles Borromées.

Stresa hosted a number of political conferences in the 20th century, including in:

The cable car to Monte Mottarone

Transport

EuroCity train services connect south to Milan and north to Bern and Basel. Ferry-boat service from the town's two docks provides regular access to the nearby Borromean Islands.

Until its May 2021 deadly disaster

Monte Mottarone, with the Giardino Botanico Alpinia en route. As of late 2023[6]
this is to be rebuilt in 2024 and reenter service in summer 2025.

Main sights

Villa Pallavicino
  • Borromean Islands near Stresa are major points of interest and can be seen from Stresa.
  • Villa Ducale, commissioned by Giacomo Filippo Bolongaro and dating from about 1770. In 1848 the villa passed to the Italian philosopher
    Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
    and today it houses the International Centre for Rosminian Studies.
  • Villa 'Orto, built in 1900. It was commissioned by the painter Liberto Dell'Orto and designed by Boffi.
  • The large Villa Pallavicino, between Stresa and Belgirate. It was the inspiration of Ruggero Bonghi in the 1850s and now is the site of a zoological park.
  • Church of Saints Ambrogio and Theodul (restored in Neoclassical style by Giuseppe Zanoia in 1790)
  • Villa "La Palazzola"
A panorama of Lake Maggiore from Stresa pier

Famous buildings of Stresa in movies

(Information from the Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico)

Stresa in fiction

  • Good Blood by Aaron Elkins (2004), Berkley Prime Crime,

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Dizionario di toponomastica. Torino. 1990. p. 753. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Incidente alla funivia Stresa-Mottarone, caduta una cabina: sono salite a 13 le vittime". La Stampa. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Italie : le gouvernement promet de faire toute la lumière sur l'accident de téléphérique". Le Monde (in French). 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Accordo per la nuova funivia del Mottarone". 24 November 2023.

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