See also:

• BORROMEAN

BORROMEAN ISLANDS  , a See also:

• GROUP

group of four islands on the W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Lago See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

Maggiore off See also:

• BAVENO

Baveno and See also:

• STRESA

Stresa . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern-most, the Isola Bella, is famous for its See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau and terraced gardens, constructed by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Vitaliano See also:

• BORROMEO, CARLO (1538–1584)

Borromeo (d . Ago) . To the N.W. is the Isola dei Pescatori, containing a fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village; and to the N.E. of this the Isola Madre, the largest of the group, with a chateau and See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden; and to the N. again, off Pallanza, is the little Isola S . Giovanni .