In 41 days Patron saint festival
7 December 2026
Monday 7 December
Stresa · Verbano-Cusio-Ossola · Piedmont
On 7 December Stresa celebrates Saint Ambrose, with the church of Saints Ambrose and Theodulus: a winter date, when Lake Maggiore has closed its season.
The patron of Stresa is Saint Ambrose, celebrated on 7 December, and the parish church is dedicated to him together with Saint Theodulus.
It is a winter date, when the lake has closed its season and both the boats to the Borromean Islands and the Settimane Musicali are far off — the classical music festival Stresa owes to an idea formed here in the autumn of 1961 by Italo Trentinaglia.
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A bare rock turned into ten terraces of garden: the Borromeo family's Isola Bella.
The palace and ten terraces built on a rock, with white peacocks walking about.
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