Lake Maggiore, Italy

Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore, the second largest Italian lake after Lake Garda, holds the three jewel-like Borromean Islands, Isola Bella, Isola Madre, and the quaint and picturesque, Isola dei Pescatori.

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Isola dei Pescatori, Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore, the second largest Italian lake after Lake Garda, holds the three jewel-like Borromean Islands, Isola Bella, Isola Madre, and the quaint and picturesque, Isola dei Pescatori.

Santa Caterina del Sasso, Lake Maggiore

The 12-century convent, literally hanging on the cliffs of Lake Maggiore, was built to honor St. Catherine of Alexandria, to whom a seaman prayed, and was saved, during a perilous storm.

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