Stresa, as seen from the Borromean Islands

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Stresa is best known for having hosted two international conferences:

• In 1935, the UK, Italy and France decided to form the Stresa front to combat and contain Nazi Germany and re-affirm the Treaty of Locarno.
• In 1958, the foundations for what was later to become the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community were laid down in Stresa.

Stresa's dock is popular with tourists, who use it to access the nearby Borromean Islands. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Stresa Front was an agreement made between British, French and Italian leaders in 1935 to reaffirm the Treaty of Locarno, and to declare that the independence of Austria would continue to inspire their common policy. They also agreed to resist any future attempt by the Germans to change the... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5–16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1, in which the World War I western European Allied powers and the new states of central and eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies which represents about 44% of the EUs spending (€43bn). ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... Isola Bella The Borromean Islands (It. ...

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