monuments near Coniglio Sulla Luna
Just a ten-minute drive from Como and a half from Milan, peacefully nestled in the green hills of the Larian Triangle, meets the Farmhouse Cascina Mirandola. Within a natural park, between chestnut and berries, is a 1400s stone farmhouse recently...
Prisma farm has been active for over 30 years in the territories of the area. Just a short drive from Lake of Lecco, it's certainly one of the most beautiful places in Alta Brianza. Plunged into the woods of the hills that go up to Mount Regina and...
The Farmhouse Casa Alta is managed with passion and competence, by the Cagliani family. Behind the kitchen Michelina with his passion for cooking and the recipes of ancient farming traditions Brianza, works with the help of his daughters. Lunches...
Cassinazza is a place where you can savor meat, cold cuts and cheese produced by local farms, fruits and vegetables directly from the nearby fields, naturally cultivated with the utmost care. The peace and quiet of the place will make you understand...
Our farm is a small family business based in Valmadrera, Crocetta hamlet, on the road to S.Tomaso. All our products can be tasted in our small farm where our guests can spend a few hours enjoying natural foods in a peaceful setting surrounded by...
La cascina di Mattia is placed on the edge a green oasis within walking distance of Canterbury; just opposite the famous farm of Santa Naga and near the Basilica of Galliano. La cascina di Mattia is located near the Meda-Montorfano path (path length...
The Farm is part of a vast area of land in Monte Carate Urio situated at an altitude 1,350 m and falls into a urban agricultur area where there are agro-forestry-pastoral activities. The Farm has 4 bedrooms furnished with double bed and a bunk bed,...
The structure of the building was created in the late '800s to make the most of the rich underground clay. Today it is the perfect place for any type of event. Conveniently located only 500 meters from the main road and is surrounded by a green...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
Monument dedicated to the weaver of Francesco Somaini, where on the banks of the river Senagra, had one of its oldest and most prestigious silk factories. In the marble top is a negative image of a weaver, while below is fabric draping to the ground....
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...
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...
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...