Isola dei Pescatori

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name = Isola dei Pescatori

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location = Lago Maggiore
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country = Italy
country admin divisions title = Region
country admin divisions = Piedmont
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country admin divisions 1 = Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
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The island is about 350 meters long by 100 meters wide. A narrow street running along its spine is joined by cobbled alleys to the promenade which encircles the island. The promenade is frequently flooded and the houses built against it are constructed to allow for this.

While the traditional occupation of fishing still exists—local restaurants providing a ready market for the fish—tourism has become central to the economic life of the island as its picturesque charms have made Isola dei Pescatori a popular destination: particularly for day-trippers but also for more extended visits. In addition to the hotel(s), restaurants and gift-shops there are boutiques selling craft products.

The church of San Vittore (Victor the Moor ) retains traces of an ancient chapel which was probably constructed for the monks of Scozzòla (an abbey of San Donato di Sesto Calende founded by Liutardo, bishop of Pavia, in the mid ninth century [http://www.verbanensia.org/scrineum/VB_Isola_Superiore_S.Vittore.pdf] . The church was previously dedicated to S. Gangolfo (Gangulphus), whose veneration is linked with the Abbey of San Donato.

ee also

*Isola Madre
*Isola Bella
*Borromean Islands

Notes

References

Further reading

*http://www.illagomaggiore.com/poi/Isola%20dei%20Pescatori%20or%20Isola%20Superiore200424151618
*http://www.belvedere-isolapescatori.it/curiosi.html it
*http://www.belvedere-isolapescatori.it/Inglese/curiosiing.html (the same in English)