Stresa, Italy - Lago Maggiore, Grand Hotel, Ileo Barromees - real photo postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Stresa, Italy - Grand Hotel, Lago Maggiore et des Ileo Barromees
• Publisher:  Menotti Thanhoffer
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Lago (Lake) Maggiore in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy; it is situated on the road and rail routes to the Simplon pass, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Milan. Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the tourist trade. Like other locations on Lago Maggiore, it benefits from spectacular views as well as areas of historical and architectural interest

The name of this town first appeared in documents in AD 998.

In the 15th century it grew into a fishing community and owed feudal allegiance to the Visconti family. It subsequently came under the control of the Borromeo family.

For centuries Stresa has been a popular retreat for Europe's aristocrats, who have endowed the town with a number of villas. Tourism increased substantially after tunneling of the Simplon Pass allowed train services from north of the Alps to pass through Stresa in 1906.

In 1948 American author and journalist, Ernest Hemingway visited the town. He had set part of his 1929 novel Farewell to Arms in the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees. In 2002 Stresa hosted the 10th International Hemingway Conference.

Stresa has played host to two notable political conferences in the 20th century:

• 1935: the UK, Italy and France re-affirm the Treaty of Locarno and agree to form the Stresa front to combat and contain Nazi Germany.
• 1958: the foundations of what would become Europe's Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community were formulated in Stresa.

Stresa is also the venue for the ""Settimane Musicali""; one of Europe's important classical music international festivals which is held annually in the summer.

type=real photographic (rp)

city/ region=stresa

period=post-war (1945-present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)