a town of the Sardinian States, province of Novara, near the southern extremity of Lake Maggiore. Lat. 45. 45. 57. N. Long. 8. 33. 6. E. It is well built; and has a strong castle, a gymnasium, several churches, a hospital, a port and dockyard on the lake, and a considerable trade. Pop. 4000. In 1697 the people of Milan erected, on an eminence in this vicinity, a colossal statue in honour of San Carlo Borromeo, a man distinguished for his piety and benevolence, who was born here in 1538, and afterwards became cardinal and archbishop of Milan, where he died in 1584. The statue stands on a granite pedestal 46 feet high, and is itself 66 feet in height. In the interior of the statue are stairs leading up to its head, which is so large that four persons can sit in it at a table.