Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbania is a city on the promontory at the northern side of the entrance to the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy. The city has several parts, as it was formed from the merger of several towns.Places of Interest
Highlights include Isola Madre and Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto.
Isola Madre
Islet
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Isola Madre, at 220 m wide and 330 m long, is the largest island of the Isole Borromee archipelago is in the Italian part of Lake Maggiore in the Alps, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont.
Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto
Park
Photo: Massimo Telò, Public domain.
The Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto are botanical gardens located on the western shore of Lake Maggiore in Pallanza, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy.
Isolino di San Giovanni
Islet
Photo: Verylemon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Isolino di San Giovanni is a small island belonging to the Borromean group of Lake Maggiore, one of the main subalpine lakes of northern Italy. It is situated some way to the north of the others in the group, 30 metres west of the shoreline of Pallanza, a frazione of Verbania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baveno and Stresa.
Baveno
Photo: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baveno is a quaint town of 4,500 residents near Stresa on the shore of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore, in Piedmont, Italy.
Stresa
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
Stresa is a small town on the south side of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, Northern Italy. The Borromean Islands are a group of three small islands, Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Madre, and two islets in the Borromean Bay and together totalling just 20 ha in area.
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
- Also known as: “Provincia Verbano-Cusio-Ossola” and “Verbania”
- Location: Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.9333° or 45° 56′ northLongitude
8.55° or 8° 33′ eastPopulation
158,000Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)Abbreviation
“VB”Open location code
8FQCWHM2+82GeoNames ID
3164567
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Verbano-Cusio-Ossola” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Verbania”
- Esperanto: “Verbania”
- Estonian: “Verbania”
- French: “Verbania”
- German: “Verbania”
- Hungarian: “Verbania”
- Italian: “Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola”
- Italian: “VCO”
- Italian: “Verbania”
- Italian: “Verbano-Cusio-Ossola”
- Japanese: “ヴェルバーニア”
- Latin: “Verbania”
- Neapolitan: “Verbania”
- Polish: “Verbania”
- Portuguese: “Verbania”
- Russian: “Вербания”
- Spanish: “Verbano Cusio Ossola”
- Swedish: “Verbania”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Suna and Pallanza.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo Biumi-innocenti and Museo Del Paesaggio.
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