One of a number of merchant and banking dynasties to carry the title Buon Romei—trustworthy Romans, the House that began acquiring the properties in the mid-fifteenth century were eventually ennobled and still to this day retain much of their holdings. Isola Bella contains a summer palace and Isola Madre has an English-style botanical garden. Isola Superiore (dei Pescatori, the Island of the Fishermen) where we disembarked, is the only one with a permanent—albeit a small one and far outnumbered by the staff of the many restaurants—and never owned by the House Borromeo.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links to revisit (with synchronoptica) plus The Wizard of Oz x Pink Floyd
seven years ago: Grenfell Tower, colonial Americans’ expanding settlements plus Germany legalises same-sex marriage
eight years ago: biometric passwords plus Invisibilia returns
nine years ago: more on the Right of Panorama plus a trip to the Wetterau
ten years ago: obscure sorrows plus pataphysics and Alfred Jarre