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Isola Bella (Maggiore Lake)
Isolabella or Isola Bella may refer to: Places Italy * Isolabella, Turin, an Italian municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont * Isolabella, Cisterna di Latina, a village in the town of Cisterna di Latina, Province of Latina, Lazio * Isola Bella (Lago Maggiore), one of the Borromean islands of Lago Maggiore, near Stresa * Isola Bella (Sicily) Isola Bella ( Sicilian: ''Ìsula Bedda'') is a small island near Taormina, Sicily, southern Italy. Also known as The Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned by Flo ..., island off the east coast of Sicily, near Taormina United States * Isola Bella, popular name for the James Johnston House in Brentwood, Tennessee Other * ''Isola Bella'' (film), a 1961 West German film {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isolabella, Turin
Isolabella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin. Isolabella borders the following municipalities: Villanova d'Asti, Poirino, Valfenera and Cellarengo Cellarengo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about west of Asti. Cellarengo borders the following municipalities: Isolabella, Montà, Poirino, Pralormo, a .... References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Turin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isolabella, Cisterna Di Latina
Cisterna di Latina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Latina in Lazio, of central Italy. It was the scene of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944. The Garden of Ninfa is located in the commune's territory. The town, then known as ''Tres Tabernae'' ("The Three Taverns") is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as one of the towns where Saint Paul stopped on his way to Rome. History At Finocchione, in the territory of Cisterna, traces of prehistoric human presence have been discovered. In historic times, the Volsci founded here their still unidentified centre called ''Ulubrae'', although the lost city of Suessa Pometia could also have been located nearby. ''Ulubrae'' is mentioned by Horace, Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Cicero and Juvenal, referring to the numerous patrician villas built here. According to Suetonius, Augustus lived here in his family villa until the age of eighteen. A village, called ''Tres Tabernae'', originated starting from 312 BC as a post station on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isola Bella (Lago Maggiore)
Isola Bella (''lit.'' 'beautiful island') is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in North Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between the Palace, its Italianate garden, and a small fishing village. History Until 1632 the island—known only as ''l’isola inferiore'' or ''isola di sotto''The geographically “lower” island concerning its northern neighbour, Isola dei Pescatori, the ''isola superiore''. SePro Loco di Isola dei Pescatori —was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village: but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. He entrusted the works to the Milanese Angelo Crivelli, who was also to be responsible for planning the gardens. The works were interrupted around midcentury when the Duchy of Milan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isola Bella (Sicily)
Isola Bella ( Sicilian: ''Ìsula Bedda'') is a small island near Taormina, Sicily, southern Italy. Also known as The Pearl of the Ionian Sea, it is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea; it was a private property, for a time owned by Florence Trevelyan, until 1990, when it was bought by the Region of Sicily, being turned into a nature reserve, administrated by the Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature. There is a narrow path that often connects the island to the mainland beach. The island is surrounded by sea grottos and has a small and rather rocky beach which is a popular destination for sunbathers. History King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies gifted the island to the nearby town of Taormina in 1806. The island was in 1890 bought from the town by Trevelyan, who built a small house facing the sea and imported exotic plants, which thrived in the Mediterranean climate. Subsequent owners kept up the island, until the owner went bankrupt, and auctioned the island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Johnston House (Brentwood, Tennessee)
The James Johnston House is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that dates from c.1840 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has also been known as Isola Bella. It includes Greek Revival and Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ... architecture. When listed, the property included three contributing buildings on an area of . According to a 1988 study of historic resources in Williamson County, the house was one of about thirty surviving "significant brick and frame residences" that had been "the center of large plantations and they display some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era." It is among houses in the county having "two-story porticos with large square two-story columns with Doric motif capitals." S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
