Stresa Liberty 2023
Lake Maggiore’s most retro event is the perfect opportunity for an evocative steamboat cruise on the historic Piroscafo Piemonte
Stresa Liberty is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the summer. But while the rest of Italy prepares for the swimwear test for the first tan of 2023, on Lake Maggiore the costumes used will be quite different. They will, in fact, be the period costumes in which figurants, residents and shopkeepers will dress, ready to welcome, on the second weekend of July, thousands of visitors who will come to the city to relive atmospheres of the past.
It will start on Saturday, in the early afternoon, at around 14.00. Appointment at the jetty, where the exhibition ‘STRESA ON THE WAVE OF LIBERTY. IMAGES OF LIFE ON THE WATER”, with texts and materials illustrating the activities, sports and open-air amusements popular on the lake during the Belle Époque. All this will be accompanied by panels dedicated to the great works created in Stresa at the time of Art Nouveau, which will be placed at significant points in the town.
Many events in the Liberty style programme will take place in Stresa between Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July.