Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Lake Maggiore ( in Italian : Lago Maggiore or lago Verbano ) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Italy and the second largest after Lake Garda .
Simplified: Lake Maggiore ( , or Verbano ; ) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps . It is the second largest of Italy and largest of southern Switzerland .