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<p>Travel to Boa Vista (Cap Vert) - December 2024 - Day 4 <br />
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 ( Holiday Boa Vista - Cap-Vert<br />
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Boa Vista (Portuguese for 'good view'), sometimes incorrectly spelled Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.<br />
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The island of Boa Vista is closer to the African continent than all the other islands in Cape Verde, being the easternmost island of all. The distance between Boa Vista and Senegal is only 450 km. The capital of Boa Vista, Sal Rei, is located in the north-western part of the island. Boa Vista is mainly known for its beaches, turtles and traditional music. )</p>
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<p>Italien / Piemont - Lago Maggiore<br />
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Isola Madre<br />
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Isola Madre, at 220 m wide and 330 m long, is the largest island of the Isole Borromee archipelago which falls within the Italian part of the Alpine Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont. The island is occupied by a number of buildings and architectural structures and is especially well known for its gardens. In the past it was known as Isola di San Vittore and later as Isola Maggiore.<br />
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History<br />
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The available historical sources indicate that in the middle of the ninth century the island had a church, a cemetery (whose existence is recalled by the current garden’s so-called scala dei morti, or “Staircase of the Dead”). It is known for certain that olives were cultivated here; the produce may have been employed for sacred purposes. In 1014, Emperor Henry II granted the island to the nuns of the monastery of San Felice of Pavia.<br />
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In 1501 Lancillotto Borromeo, one of the five children of Giovanni III Borromeo and Cleofe Pio di Carpi, introduced the cultivation of citrus fruit to the island, the plants being brought from Liguria, along with a gardener (or hortolano) to tend them. Lancillotto began the construction of the family residence on the island, which in the 1580s was extended in the Renaissance style by Renato I Borromeo.<br />
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Monuments<br />
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The Palazzo Borromeo was built in the sixteenth century on the remains of the early church, cemetery and perhaps castle of San Vittore (named after the martyr Victor Maurus).<br />
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The palace is surrounded by impressive gardens, the Giardini Botanici dell'Isola Madre, covering an area of eight hectares whose construction all’Inglese (in the English style) began in the late eighteenth century on the site of a citrus orchard. Particularly prized is the scala dei morti, or staircase of the dead, which in recent decades has been embellished with an important collection of Wisterias.<br />
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The family chapel of 1858 is also noteworthy; by contrast to that of Isola Bella, it contains no tombs or funerary monuments.<br />
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(Wikipedia)<br />
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Die Isola Madre (deutsch: Mutterinsel) zählt zu den Borromäischen Inseln und ist die größte Insel im Lago Maggiore. Die gesamte Insel (220 Meter breit und 330 Meter lang) ist von einem historischen Gebäude-Ensemble und einer Parkanlage bedeckt, dem Palazzo Madre. Ursprünglich hieß die Insel Isola di San Vittore (deutsch: St.-Viktor-Insel) und später Isola Maggiore (deutsch: Große Insel). Die Insel gehört zur Gemeinde Stresa.<br />
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Geschichte<br />
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Historische Quellen erwähnen im 9. Jahrhundert eine Kirche auf der Insel, die dem heiligen Viktor geweiht war (vermutlich ein Ableger der Pfarrkirche von Verbania), sowie einen Friedhof. Die Existenz einer militärischen Befestigung aus dieser Zeit – ähnlich wie die des Kastells San Angelo auf dem Isolino San Giovanni – ist nicht ausgeschlossen, kann aber archäologisch nicht belegt werden. Als gesichert gilt, dass zu dieser Zeit auf der Insel Olivenöl zu sakralen Zwecken gewonnen wurde.<br />
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Ab 1501 begann Lancilotto Borromeo, einer der fünf Söhne von Giovanni III Borromeo und Cleofe Pio di Carpi, auf der Insel Zitrusfrüchte zu züchten, die er zusammen mit einem Gärtner (&quot;hortolano&quot;) aus Ligurien kommen ließ. Er befahl außerdem den Bau eines Herrenhauses, das zum Kern der Palastanlagen werden sollte, die ab 1580 unter Renato I Borromeo im Renaissance-Stil erweitert wurden. In diesen Jahren etablierte sich auch eine Dynastie von Gartenverantwortlichen hortolani, der Familie Della Torre, die bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts auf der Isola Madre lebte.<br />
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Ab etwa 1823 bis 1825 wandelten Giacomo und Francesco Rovelli, Gartenbauer aus Monza, die kultivierten Teile der Insel in einen Landschaftsgarten im Englischen Stil um und bewahrten damit auch den ursprünglich erhaltenen Wald im Nordwesten der Insel. Dies geschah auf Anregung der Grafen Giberto V Borromeo und Vitaliano IX Borromeo Arese. Der Englische Garten auf der Isola Madre gilt als herausragendes Beispiel von Gartenbaukunst in Italien.<br />
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Bauwerke<br />
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Palazzo Madre (erbaut im 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert auf den Resten der ursprünglichen Kirche, dem Friedhof und (vermutet) einem Kastell)<br />
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Familienkapelle von 1858 (die im Gegensatz zur Kirche auf der Isola Bella keine Grabmäler enthält)<br />
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Landschaftsgarten im englischen Stil auf einer Fläche von fast acht Hektar, auf einem Zitrushain errichtet; berühmt ist die „Totenstiege“ (scala dei morti), benannt wohl nach dem Friedhof der Insel, die in den letzten Jahrzehnten mit einer bedeutenden Glyzinien-Sammlung geschmückt wurde.<br />
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Heutige Bedeutung<br />
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Die Isola Madre dient heute als Sehenswürdigkeit und Museum, der Palast ist nicht mehr bewohnt. Die Insel ist per Schiff erreichbar, von Stresa aus bedient ein Linienverkehr die Strecke Stresa-Isola Bella-Isola Madre-Isola dei Pescatori-Stresa.<br />
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<p>“Northside Light”  by Kendall Shaw at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana</p>
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<p>“Northside Light”  by Kendall Shaw at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana</p>
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<p>“Northside Light”  by Kendall Shaw at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana</p>
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