Single family villa via Opifici, 1, Centro, Lesa

"Inside an exclusive residence with tennis courts and swimming pool, terraced villa on two levels plus basement with enchanting lake view. Large living room with terrace overlooking the lake, kitchen with veranda, bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor. upper, master bedroom with whirlpool tub, walk-in closet, bathroom and study. In the basement there is a cellar and two garages. Lesa (also in Piedmontese and Lombard) is a town of 2,402 inhabitants in the province of Novara. It is the northernmost of the towns in the province that rise on the shores of Lake Maggiore. In Lesa Alessandro Manzoni loved to stay in the villa of his second wife Teresa Borri, widow Stampa. During these stays I frequented the blessed and philosopher Antonio Rosmini who lived in Stresa. Solcio is a hamlet located in lakeside, between Meina and Lesa: interesting is its parish Church of San Rocco built in neoclassical forms by the local philanthropist Felice Borroni in the first half of l XIX century designed by Bartolomeo Franzosini (1768 - 1853), with frescoes in the pendentives of the dome (the four Evangelists) by Gerolamo Induno.The two hill villages, Calogna and Comnago, are small and lovely villages on the surrounding hills, already autonomous municipalities, were aggregated to Lesa in 1928, in turn united, until 31 December 1947 to the nearby Belgirate to form a single administrative entity called the Municipality of Lesa Belgirate. In 1948 Lesa and Belgirate recovered their municipal autonomy, while Calogna and Comnago remained fractions of Lesa. "--d3d4015f9922ef7b2a7aa20cf10b56a2!