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19-461: Palazzo Borromeo may refer to: Palazzo Borromeo (Isola Bella) Palazzo Borromeo (Milan) Palazzo Borromeo d'Adda Palazzo Arese Borromeo (Cesano Maderno) Palazzo Gabrielli-Borromeo (Rome) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palazzo Borromeo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

38-735: A free hand in Ethiopia. The short-lived Front collapsed completely with the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in October 1935. Mussolini had long held ambitions of controlling Abyssinia and was enraged by the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement without being informed beforehand. Mussolini had held back on his invasion plans to avoid alienating his allies, especially since Ethiopia bordered French Somaliland and British Somaliland . However, he felt betrayed by Britain and so decided that there

57-861: The Final Declaration of the Stresa Conference , its aim was to reaffirm the Locarno Treaties and to declare that the independence of Austria "would continue to inspire their common policy". The signatories also agreed to resist any future attempt by the Germans to change the Treaty of Versailles . A factor in the Abyssinia Crisis , it encouraged Italian imperial ambitions , motivated by the perception that France and Britain would not intervene if Italy attacked Ethiopia . The Stresa Front began to collapse after

76-632: The First Italo-Ethiopian War in 1895, which had been a humiliating defeat for the Italians. Italy had never truly forgotten its ambitions of controlling Ethiopia, and Mussolini saw an expansionist opportunity. Baron Vansittart received much contemporary criticism for his role in organizing the Front, given that in trying to contain Germany, Britain and France had now effectively appeased Italy, by allowing it

95-665: The Princess of Wales . It is said that Caroline, having fallen in love with the place, did her best to convince the Borromeo family to sell her Isola Madre or the Castelli di Cannero islands; her request being turned down, she established herself on the banks of Lake Como at Cernobbio in the Villa d’Este . A conference of high representatives of Italy, France, and the United Kingdom was held in

114-637: The Nazis from taking power. Further, with Italy against Germany, the Germans would be required to split their forces to guard their southern border, weakening their forces along the French and Belgian borders. Vansittart arranged for a four-day conference to take place in Stresa, starting on 11 April 1935. Vansittart proved to be the driving force behind the Conference, even though he had some obstacles to overcome first. Much to

133-624: The Stresa Front's range to Europe, thereby allowing free rein in Abyssinia. Regardless, it appears that the British and Italians had not communicated properly: Italy thought it would have free rein in Abyssinia, and Britain thought it had made clear that Abyssinia was off limits. The issue would come to a head in the fall. The Abyssinia Crisis proved to be the stress test that the Stresa Front could not withstand. Abyssinia had been invaded by Italy in

152-731: The UK signed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement in June 1935, in which Germany was given permission to increase the size of its navy. The Front broke down completely after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia . Italy had already made an agreement with the Soviet Union directed against Germany in 1933, known as the Italo-Soviet Pact . The Stresa Front was triggered by Germany's declaration of its intention to build up an air force , increase

171-540: The chagrin of Italy and France, the British Sir John Simon had met with German officials in Berlin shortly before the Stresa Conference. Vansittart spent considerable effort assuaging Italian and French concerns that the British might seek rapprochement with the Nazis; he achieved this in part by sharing diplomatic intelligence gained during Simon's meeting in Berlin. The issue of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) bedevilled

190-409: The conference. Italy had asked Britain to bring along an expert on the subject, which it did. But in trying to solve the question of Europe, the Abyssinia issue had been sidelined leading up to the Conference. The resulting accounts on the issue vary: the official records make no mention of Abyssinia, though anecdotal evidence (perhaps invented by Mussolini) indicated that Mussolini had attempted to limit

209-531: The gardens. The works were interrupted around midcentury when the Duchy of Milan was struck by a devastating outbreak of the plague . Construction resumed when the island passed to Carlo’s sons, Cardinal Giberto III (1615–1672) and Vitaliano VI (1620–1690); the latter in particular, with the financial backing of his elder brother, entrusted the completion of the works to the Milanese architect Carlo Fontana and turned

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228-468: The island—known only as l’isola inferiore or isola di sotto —was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village: but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. He entrusted the works to the Milanese Angelo Crivelli , who was also to be responsible for planning

247-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Borromeo&oldid=1183647204 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palazzo Borromeo (Isola Bella) Until 1632

266-643: The palace at Isola Bella in April 1935, resulting in the agreement known as the Stresa Front . Isola Bella is a popular tourist attraction, with a regular ferry service from Stresa, Laveno , Pallanza , and Intra . It plays host to the annual Stresa music festival. 45°53′43″N 8°31′38″E  /  45.89528°N 8.52722°E  / 45.89528; 8.52722 Stresa Front 45°53′47.1″N 8°31′33.6″E  /  45.896417°N 8.526000°E  / 45.896417; 8.526000 The Stresa Front

285-565: The size of the army to 36 divisions (500,000 men) and introduce conscription , in March 1935. All of these actions were direct violations of the Treaty of Versailles, which limited the size of the German Army to 100,000 men, forbade conscription in Germany and prohibited a German air force. The Stresa Front was in many ways the work of Sir Robert Vansittart , of the British diplomatic corps. Vansittart

304-444: The villa into a place of sumptuous parties and theatrical events for the nobility of Europe. The completion of the gardens, however, was left to his nephew Carlo IV (1657–1734). They were inaugurated in 1671. The island achieved its highest level of social success during the period of Giberto V Borromeo (1751–1837) when guests included Edward Gibbon , Napoleon and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais , and Caroline of Brunswick ,

323-569: Was an agreement made in Stresa , a town on the banks of Lake Maggiore in Italy, between French prime minister Pierre-Étienne Flandin (with Pierre Laval ), British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald , and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini on 14 April 1935. Practically, the Stresa Front was an alliance between France , Italy , and the United Kingdom , aimed against Nazi Germany . Formally called

342-461: Was no reason against the invasion. He also believed that the agreement violated the Stresa Front. On 6 January 1936 Mussolini told German Ambassador Ulrich von Hassell that he would not object to Germany taking Austria as a satellite state if it maintained its independence. On 22 February, Mussolini then agreed to Hitler's remilitarization of the Rhineland and stated that Italy would not honour

361-479: Was strongly against appeasement , and strongly for containing Germany. This had the practical effect of conceding to Italian desires in Ethiopia in an attempt to contain the Nazis. Italy was of crucial strategic importance in controlling Germany. Its geographic location made it well suited for a defence of Austria, which Italy had in fact done in the July Putsch of 1934, by sending four divisions to Austria to prevent

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