monuments near D’Art Visual Gallery
Featuring a large garden with barbecue Balcone Fiorito is a B&B in the peaceful hills surrounding Lake Como. It offers free WiFi, private parking, and en suite rooms with an outdoor dining area. With a private balcony or a patio, each room at...
Bellagio Bed and Breakfast is the newly opened low cost accommodations located right in Bellagio town centre 50 mt. away from bars, restaurants, shops and 100 mt. away from the lake. The rooms may guest from 2 to 4 persons, newly furnished with...
The B&B is above Varenna's Hills nearby Castel Vezio that you can see from Varenna centre! This was my dream after 30years working in a bank of a big city always in hurry and in the crowed!! Please take a breath and enjoy what the world is...
Orange House is the new comfortable and convenient bed & breakfast placed in Varenna, "the pearl of the Como Lake". Lovely Varenna, framed by the famous "manzoniane" mountains in the green of the cypresses and the olives, is one of the most...
Located in the small village of Vettius: village where you can spend days very quiet with a chance for lovers mountain hiking. Located near the porch of the restaurant with typical cuisine Vettius del Lario. Located on the route of the Path of the...
The B&B is located in the heart of the historic center of Varenna at the end of the Piazza San Giorgio overlooking the Piazza San Giorgio and the lake. The lake is only 30 meters far , a short walk on the lakeside promenade leads to the ferry...
In one of the most charming and characteristic places of the Como Lake, here we are to open the doors of our home. The B&B “Il Bolentino" was born with the intent to host you as in the most ancient Italian tradition. We will offer you our warmth...
RÒGARO is 5 minutes on foot from the lakefront of Tremezzo on Lake Como with its lively bars and restaurants. Located in a quiet area overlooking the lake this B&B is surrounded by a spacious garden full of flowers and herbs. You can rest in a...
A house built at end of 1800 and recently renovated respecting traditional colours and materials. All rooms offer spacious comfort with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Como and the Vezio Castle. Your hosts, Eliana e Flavio will be happy to offer...
La Sorgente della Luna, Naggio, is surrounded by a beautiful garden overlooking Lake Como, offering the body and soul a vital contact with uncontaminated nature. The territory offers very interesting plant and animal life. In addition, some...
My house is located in the centre of Cardano, nearby of the central square, from which branches off the small and ancient streets of stone bowl. The short trail will take you to my “flowered" gate in wrought iron. My B&B represents an excellent...
Designed by architect Cesare Cattaneo and painter Mario Radice in 1935. It is a complex construction of circular elements whose harmonious composition consists of four spheres arranged on each other with alternate horizontal rings. Originally...
Located in Montepiatto, a village high above Torno with great hiking trails and equally fantastic views of the lake is the "Stone pendula", boulder resting on a pedestal. This boulder with its base has the appearance of a mushroom. It is thought...
A series of modern frescoes (2007) painted on houses in the town of Taceno that endeavour to preserve traditions, legends and history of craftsmanship and commercial work. Unlike their counterparts in Parlasco that recount the legend of Lasco the...
Three tombs belonging to the aristocratic Andreani Family located outside the Church of St Thomas of Beckett and a castle belonging to the same family. The monuments, know as “arks” are important evidence of Lombardy sculpture that were erected...
Geological formations resembling mushrooms created when water running off the slopes was diverted by large boulders. The boulders imposing size and weight protected the underlying material from erosion and gave rise to the characteristic shape of a...
It’s a boulder of pyramidal shape that owes its curious name to a crescent engraved on one side, of natural origin, accompanied by the letters PLDB (Moon Stone of Bellagio) and the date 1782, which commemorates the end of a period of dispute between...
Monument to the fallen of World War I, designed in 1926 by architect Giuseppe Terragni and built between 1928 and 1931. It consists of a long stone staircase and river pebbles surrounded by cypress trees. The staircase consists of four flights and...
Monument to commemorate the victims of World War II and resistance movements. The monument is a project of Milan sculptor Gianni Colombo. It is located in a park by the lake. It combines stones from Nazi concentration camps and city of Hiroshima...
Daniel Libeskind created this dazzling 16.5 meter (54 feet) high stainless steel sculpture near Piazza Cavour, Como. The public monument, the first contemporary work ever to be installed in Como, is an homage to famed scientist Alexander Volta who...
The burial town where Alessandro Volta is buried was originally called Camnago, and took the name of Camnago Volta in 1863 in honour of this great scientist. The mausoleum, a temple of neoclassic style, was finished in 1831, decorated with statues...
Parlasco is one of the smallest Italian towns located in the Regional Park of the Northern Grigna in Valsassina. It is on the main road connecting Lake Lecco to Valsassina and joins Alpe Cainallo with Cortenova. Myth and reality are perfectly mixed...
Born in Como, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian physicist credited with the invention of the first electrical battery, the Voltaic pile, which he invented in 1799. With this invention Volta proved that electricity could be...
In the centre of the ancient village Palanzo, situated in the hills and part of the commune of Faggeto Lario, there is an enormous wine press of the 17th century. It is made to work during the annual feast called Sagra del Torchio in October. It was...
Immediately after the death of Alessandro Manzoni on May 22, 1873, the City Council of Lecco met and approved a monument to the writer that had given so much prestige to the city. The committee, headed by Antonio Stoppani, collected donations for...
Located in a churchyard, this statue represents a man in the act of throwing a large stone. The monument reminds locals of a battle in Libya in which alpinists of Brienno fought. The battalion Morbegno, all composed of soldiers from the lake area,...
Sculpture dedicated to disabled service people. Roughly translation on the plaque goes like this: "One hand is actively serving the country in defense of institutional values. The other hand is wounded in the line of duty." The monument is the most...
At the entrance to Laglio's cemetery is a curious pyramidal tomb containing the mortal remains of prestigious doctor Joseph Frank. Born in 1771 Frank was a student of physics and medicine in Pavia. He was a pupil of Alessandro Volta, of whom he...
In 1931, Giuseppe Terragni and his brother were asked by the fascists to design a monument for the victims of World War I. Their design was based on a sketch of the Italian futurist Antonio Sant'Elia, whose sketches showed modernity, dynamics and...
The Volta Lighthouse stands on a hill in San Maurizio, 150 metres above Brunate. From Brunate you can follow a walking path up to the lighthouse and it takes less than 30 minutes to walk there. You can pay an admission and climb to the top of the...
Here, a black cross marks the spot where Benito Mussolini was shot and killed (along with his lover Claretta Petacci) by partisans, marking the last stand of the Fascist dictator's rule over Italy. Actually, he wasn't really the ruler of Italy at...