Historiska platser i Varenna

Historic Sites

Varenna was a fortified fishing village in the Middle Ages. Vezio Castle still watches over it from the hill, and the old squares keep the shape of the medieval village. South along the shore, Lierna has its own small castle hamlet on a point in the lake.

Historic Sites – Karta

A

Vezio Castle

A medieval castle with a square tower on the hill above Varenna, reached by a steep path from the village.

Maurizio Moro5153 / cc-by-sa-4.0

B

Piazza San Giorgio

The heart of the old village, with the parish church of San Giorgio and the Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista.

Adriana Ocampo / cc-by-4.0

C

Piazza al Prato

A small square in the old village, surrounded by traditional houses and narrow stepped lanes.

D

Piazza Unione Europea

A cobbled square between the lakefront and the old village centre.

E

Lierna Castle

A small medieval castle hamlet on a point in the lake at Lierna, a few kilometres south of Varenna.

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