Category Archives: History

Como’s Historical Fabric and its Pot of Roman Gold

Posted on September 14, 2018 by comocompanion

Como’s Historical Fabric and its Pot of Roman Gold – The recent find in Como of more than four hundred gold coins has drawn international attention to Como but history through the ages is in the very DNA of this city. Continue reading →

Como’s Four Seasons: 1 – The Re-entry (Il Rientro)

Posted on September 10, 2018 by comocompanion

Como’s Four Seasons: 1 – The Re-entry, Il Rientro, – a view of the seasonal social calendar on Lake Como. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Events, Folklore, Food, History, Lake, Uncategorized | Tagged Baradello, Coldiretti, Cosmo e Damiano, Federico Barbarossa, Lucia, Lucie, Mendrisio, Music, Opera, Orticolario, Palio del Baradello, pumpkins, rientro, Sagra Gioventu, Sant'Abbondio, villa d'este, villa erba | Leave a comment

Murder on the Dance Floor- Italy’s Crime of the 20th Century on Lake Como

Posted on August 23, 2018 by comocompanion

Murder on the Dance Floor- Italy’s Crime of the 20th Century on Lake Como; a high society crime of passion at the Hotel Villa D’Este in Cernobbio. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lake, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged Bellentani, cernobbio, crime, high society, History, murder, villa d'este | 3 Comments

Walking the Greenway and the Antica Via Regina

Posted on August 18, 2018 by comocompanion

Walking the Greenway and the Antica Via Regina. From Griante to Colonno on part of a medieval super-highway. Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, History, Itineraries, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks | Tagged Cadenabbia, Cammini della Regina, church, churches, Colonno, Greenway, Griante, Lenno, olive trees, Ossuccio, Romanesque, Romweg, Villa La Collina, Walks | Leave a comment

Through Conflict to Collaboration, Achille Grandi, Como and the Birth of the Republic

Posted on June 5, 2018 by comocompanion

Through Conflict to Collaboration, Achille Grandi, Como and the Birth of the Republic – in memory of the post-war anti-fascist alliance. Continue reading →

Posted in Events, History, People, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Achille Grandi, Allen Dulles, Alpini, Anti-fascism, Azione Cattolica, Badoglio, Captain Ricci, CGIL, Christian Democrats, church, CIL, Gronchi, History, Leo XIII, Mussolini, PCI, Politics, PPI, PSI, Rerum Novarum, SIT, Sturzo, Togliatti | Leave a comment

Como’s Artistic Tradition – A Pan-European Legacy: Maestri Comacini

Posted on May 10, 2018 by comocompanion

Como’s Artistic Tradition – Maestri Comacini, Romanesque architecture and amazing stone carving from Insubria across Europe Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, History, Places of interest, Uncategorized | Tagged carving, freemasons, Lombards, Maestri Comacini, Moltrasio, san fedele, Sant Abbondio, stone, Teodalinda | Leave a comment

‘Como Antifascista’ – Then and Now

Posted on April 25, 2018 by comocompanion

‘Como Antifascista’ – Then and Now. How Como’s workers helped defeat nazifascism in Italy, in celebration of April 25th 1945 – Liberation Day 2018. Continue reading →

Posted in Events, History, People, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged ANPI, antifascism, CLN, Gianna, Liberation Day, Mussolini, Neri, partisans, PCI, Schuster, strikes, war | Leave a comment

Going Slow on Lake Como

Posted on April 19, 2018 by comocompanion

What is Slow Tourism and what are some of its options on Lake Como – in support of AMADO’s initiative Primavera di Mobilita Dolce. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Food, History, Itineraries, Lake, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Walks | Tagged camminacitta, iubilantes, Judith Wade, mobilita dolce, Ossuccio, sacro monte, slow tourism, Sustainability, tourism | Leave a comment

Como’s Ines Figini, Auschwitz Survivor – A Celebration for International Women’s Day

Posted on March 4, 2018 by comocompanion

Ines was a young girl working in Como’s largest silk factory when she took part in a strike that led to her deportation as a slave in Germany’s labour camps. This is a summary of her story for International Women’s Day. Continue reading →