Arona is a town and comune on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Novara. Its main economic activity is tourism, especially from Milan, France and Germany.
Largo Garibaldi in winter. The castle in the background is in Angera.
The famous Sancarlone, a giant statue of St. Charles Borromeo
Piedmont, located in northwest Italy, is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest.
A view over Piedmont's Lake Maggiore, Mount Rosa, and Verbania
A Montferrat landscape, with the distant Alps in the background
The Kingdom of Sardinia in 1856
The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi in Nichelino is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.