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The Isolino di San Giovanni is a small island belonging to the Borromean group of Lake Maggiore, one of the main subalpine lakes of northern Italy. It is situated some way to the north of the others in the group, 30 metres west of the shoreline of Pallanza, a frazione of Verbania. It is part of the frazione Pallanza.

Isolino di San Giovanni

Geography
Location	Lago Maggiore
Archipelago	Borromean Islands
Area	0.4 ha (0.99 acres)
Administration
Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Comune	Verbania
Capital city	Isola dei Pescatori
Demographics
Population	0 (not permanently inhabited)

The earliest extant record of the island is from the year 999, when it was identified as Isola di Sant’Angelo, referring to a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael found within its castle. In the middle of the twelfth century the island was in the possession of counts belonging to the Barbavara di Gravellona family. The Borromeos made various attempts to obtain the Isolino di San Giovanni in the late sixteenth century with the aim of establishing a Barnabite college. They finally acquired it in 1632 and embellished it with a palazzo and gardens. Today the Borromean palazzo reflects for the most part its nineteenth-century aspect. A well-known resident during parts of the 1930s and 1940s was the conductor Arturo Toscanini.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928071043/http://www.illagomaggiore.com/poi/isolino_di_san_giovanni_it

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[de] Isola di San Giovanni

Die Isola di San Giovanni liegt 30 Meter westlich des Ufers vor dem zu Verbania gehörigen Ort Pallanza und ist – abgesehen von der winzigen Scoglio della Malghera – die kleinste der Borromäischen Inseln im Lago Maggiore. Sie gehört zur Gemeinde Verbania und zur Frazione Pallanza.

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- [en] Isolino di San Giovanni

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[it] Isolino di San Giovanni

L'Isolino di San Giovanni (in dialetto locale Isolin de San Gioann) è un'isola dell'arcipelago delle Isole Borromee sul Lago Maggiore. Si trova nel golfo Borromeo, di fronte a Pallanza, a pochi metri di distanza dalla riva.

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