- Baveno
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Baveno
img_coa = Baveno-Stemma.png
img_coa_small =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=PMN
province = ProvinciaIT|sigla=VB (VB)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 205
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 17
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = (Istat 2001)
population_total = 4527
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 266
coordinates = coord|45|54|0|N|8|30|0|E|region:IT_type:city(4527)
gentilic = UCFIRST:bavenesi
telephone = 0323
postalcode = 28831
frazioni = Feriolo, Oltrefiume, Romanico, Roncaro, Loita
saint =Santi Gervasio e Protasio
day =19 June
mapx = #expr:45 + 54 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:8 + 30 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Baveno
name = Baveno
website = http://www.comune.baveno.vb.it/Baveno is a town in the
province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola , part ofPiedmont , northernItaly . It is located on the west shore ofLago Maggiore , 13 miles North West ofArona by rail.To the north-west are the famous red granite quarries, which have supplied the columns for the Cathedral of Milan, the church of
San Paolo fuori le Mura atRome , theGalleria Vittorio Emanuele atMilan and other important buildings.One of the main attractions is an 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 theLigures .References
*1911
External links
* [http://www.baveno.org/eng/index.htm Baveno.org]
* [http://www.discoverlakemaggiore.com/baveno.asp Baveno Tourism Information]
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