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Looking into Italy from the Swiss border

A visit to Northern Italy
photos by Ivan Klasovsky

Bread and cheese in an Italian market

At the statue of San Carlo Borromeo near Arona. This Italian cleric, the nephew of a Medici pope who became archbishop of Milan, a cardinal and keeper of the Vatican's ecclesiastical seal, was considered the principal leader of the Counter-Reformation.

Flowers for sale, even in the cold months

The commercial messages may or may not be effective, but the clear Mediterranean sky is a priceless ad for the Italian tourism industry