It might look like a castle but it’s not. It might as well look old, but it’s not. This is a folly castle built in 1882 by the owners of Villa Henfrey-Branca (https://reveal.world/en/story/villa-fernet-branca) to obscure the neighbours’ views of the villa. Vogogna Castle obviously served as the model:
Now it houses private residential apartments.
Hear this story where it happened, along with the others around it. Say how many days you have and what you are into, and we put together a route through these places, with a voice guide telling each story as you arrive.
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Villa (Fernet) Branca Via Milnese, 7, 28831 Baveno VB, Italy 
Red Granite for Milan and Paris Baveno, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy 
Hemingway Bar Corso Umberto I, 67, 28838 Stresa VB, Italy 
Former seaplane base Piazzale Lido, 6, 28838 Stresa VB, Italy 
Villa Castelli Via Sempione Nord, 2, 28838 Stresa VB, Italy 
Hotel Regina Palace Corso Umberto I, 29, 28838 Stresa VB, Italy 
Torre di Buccione 16 km Photo: Alessandro Vecchi, CC BY-SA 3.0 
The defensive history of Rocca Borromea di Arona Via alla Rocca · 16 km Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0 
The massive walls of Rocca Vitaliana on Lake Maggiore 20 km Photo: Photochrom Print Collection, Public domain 
Written by Holly Golightly
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