There are some things you could look at forever; Isola dei Pescatori floating in the glittering waters of Lago Maggiore – that’s one of them.
It is the height of summer and your thinnest cotton shirt is proving useless against the heavy heat. You are late for your train, and a sprint across the platform at Milano Centrale earns you a vital second before the train doors snap shut. But now all is bliss; the train cuts through the countryside of Lombardy until the green surrenders to brilliant blue. You get off at Stresa, where the mountains fringe the edges of your vision and a cool breeze accompanies the lake crossing. In the shady gardens of Palazzo Borromeo, you look across the water into a long-passed age of proportion and good manners.
Perhaps someone is charming like the rustic island; perhaps they have a manner like the lacustrine clime, mild in winter, mild in summer; perhaps you have a friend who has recently taken up fishing: write them a letter.
"Isola dei Pescatori"
Quotation
O sky & earth! How ye are linked together
Upon the bosom of this gentle lake;
The wild & wandering breeze is doubtful whether
It may your calm & sweet communion break.
'Tis thus within my silent bosom mingle
The memory of distant scenes—my home
And these enchanting prospects; whilst I, single
And silently in pensive thought do roam.
The distant & the present sometimes meet
In dream-like hues; but dark thoughts quickly rise
And mar the mirror of the vision sweet,
And truth oerwhelmeth with a sad surprise;
'Twixt me & those I love an ocean lies
And all the glory of the landscape dies.
- Thomas Cole
Isola dei Pescatori Fact
Isola dei Pescatori floods yearly, and the houses of the permanent inhabitants (of which there were 25 recorded in 2018) are constructed with their entrances facing inwards to protect against rising waters.
Product Information
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- One letterhead (125gsm).
- One envelope (125gsm).
- One second class stamp for every five letterheads purchased.
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