Historic Fortifications and Monuments
This collection highlights the defensive history and commemorative landmarks around Lake Como. It includes the 12th-century Castello Baradello and the ruins of Fort Fuentes, representing centuries of military architecture. Civic history is reflected in the medieval Broletto and the 13th-century Rocca di Somasca. The list also features significant monuments like the 30-meter-high Futurist war memorial and the Faro Voltiano lighthouse. These structures span from medieval fortifications to 20th-century tributes, offering insight into the region's strategic and cultural past.
A Porta Torre
The Basilica of Sant'Abbondio is a Romanesque-style 11th-century Catholic basilica church located in Como, region of Lombardy, Italy.
B Monument of Alessandro Volta
Bronze statue by Pompeo Marchesi inaugurated in 1838 to honor the physicist and inventor of the electric battery.
C Castello Baradello
The Castello Baradello is a military fortification located on a 430 m high hill next to the city of Como, northern Italy.
D Faro Voltiano
Octagonal 29-meter lighthouse built in 1927 in Brunate to commemorate the centenary of Alessandro Volta's death.
E Monumento alla resistenza europea
Memorial featuring bronze panels inscribed with excerpts from the final letters of condemned European resistance fighters.
F Monumento alla Tessitrice
Bronze sculpture depicting a woman at a loom, dedicated to the region's traditional silk weaving industry.
G Broletto
Medieval town hall dating to 1215, featuring a Gothic-Romanesque facade with polychrome marble and an open ground-floor loggia.
H Torre di San Nicolò
96-meter neo-Gothic bell tower of the Basilica of San Nicolò, one of the tallest campaniles in Italy.
I Fort Fuentes
Fort Fuentes, Italian: Forte di Fuentes, is a former military fort on the hill of Montecchio or Monteggiolo near Colico, in the province of…
J Monumento ai Caduti delle Guerre
Futurist-style 30-meter tower designed by Giuseppe Terragni in 1933 to commemorate soldiers who died in World War I.
K Villa Giulini
17th-century noble residence in Sorico featuring late-Baroque architectural elements.
L Rocca di Somasca
13th-century fortification ruins overlooking Vercurago, historically associated with Alessandro Manzoni’s literary figure, the Unnamed.
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