Baveno is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, part of
Piedmont
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, northern
Italy
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. It is on the west shore of
Lago Maggiore
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, northwest of
Arona by rail.
To the north-west are the famous red
granite
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quarries, which have supplied the columns for the
Cathedral of Milan, the church of
San Paolo fuori le Mura at
Rome
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, the
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele at
Milan
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and other important buildings.
One of the main attractions is a historic reach of villas and castles, built in the 19th century.
Baveno was occupied in the pre-Roman Iron Age by the
Lepontii, a tribe of the
Ligures.
Twin towns — sister cities
Baveno is
twinned with:
*
Nadur, Malta
References
External links
Baveno.orgBaveno Tourism Information
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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