4750 x 3563 px | 40,2 x 30,2 cm | 15,8 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Juli 2009
Ort:
The Lake front Hotels at Stresa on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy
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The Lake front Hotels at Stresa on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. Lake Maggiore (is the most westerly of the three large lakes of Italy It has a surface area of about 213 km², a maximum length of 54 km and, at its widest, is 12 km. The lake basin has tectonic-glacial origins and its volume is 37 km³. The lake’s jagged banks are surrounded by the Pre-alps of Piedmont and Lombardy. The western bank is in Piedmont (and the eastern in Lombardy whereas the most northerly section extends thirteen kilometres into Switzerland, where it constitutes the lowest point above sea-level in that entire country. The climate is mild in both summer and winter, producing Mediterranean vegetation, with beautiful gardens growing rare and exotic plants. Well-known gardens include those of the Isola Madre, Isola Bella and the Isole di Brissago, that of the Villa Taranto in Verbania, and the Alpine botanical garden above Stresa.
