Stucco, Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Isole Borromee, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy

Stucco coat of arms of European aristocracy joined by marriage to the Borromeos, 1680, by Francesco Maino, at the Staircase of Honour, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Stucco coat of arms of European aristocracy joined by marriage to the Borromeos, 1680, by Francesco Maino, at the Staircase of Honour, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen