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Recent Posts
- Como’s History of Plague and Pandemics March 30, 2020
- Lake Como: The 19th Century Super Highway March 5, 2020
- Ossuccio to Lenno: Up and Down the Perlana Valley February 25, 2020
- Como’s Famous Daughters: Teresa Ciceri, Agrarian Scientist February 19, 2020
- Fables, Legends and Folklore: The Festa della Giubiana January 29, 2020
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Category Archives: History
Como’s History of Plague and Pandemics
Como’s History of Plague and Pandemics. It will end and a fitting way to commemorate it would be to restore our lazzaretto – the ex-Chiesa di San Lazzaro as a monument to all local victims of plagues and pandemics throughout the ages. Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Wellness
Tagged 1630, Cholera, Coronavirus, Covid-19, health, I Promessi Sposi, Lazzaretto, Madonna del Bisbino, Manzoni, milan, pandemic, Plague, Rifugio Bugone, San Lazzaro, San Rocco, Vetta Bisbino, Villa Geno
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Lake Como: The 19th Century Super Highway
Lake Como: The 19th Century Super Highway. From even before Julius Caesar established Como and right until the mid 20th century, the lake formed a vital section of a transalpine communications network populated with stately sailboats. Continue reading
Posted in History, Lake, Places of interest, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged boats, Breva, Camerlata, Comballo, concordia, Ferrovia Nord, Gondola Lariana, Lucia, Navigazione Laghi, Piazza Cavour, railway, sail, Sant'Agostino, Tivano
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Como’s Famous Daughters: Teresa Ciceri, Agrarian Scientist
Como’s Famous Daughters: Teresa Ciceri. In anticipation of International Women’s Day – this esteemed colleague of Alessandro Volta was an agrarian scientist whose innovations improved many lives. She deserves greater recognition. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food, History, People, Uncategorized
Tagged agrarian science, Alessandro Volta, asbestos, Camnago, Candida Parenti, Canon Gattoni, Cosia, Istituto Nazionale, lupins, methane, Patriottica, Porta Nuova, potatoes, Teresa Ciceri, Valtellina
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Como Remembers the Holocaust
Como Remembers the Holocaust. For this Memorial Day I wish to recall the exploits of Giorgio Perlasca, born in Como on January 31st 1910, who has been attributed with saving the lives of over 5000 Jews living in Hungary. Continue reading
Posted in crime, Events, History, People, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-semitism, Don Banfi, fascism, holocaust, Italian Jews, Perlasca, Politics, Racial Laws, Shoah
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Poets’ Way: Como to Brunate
Within minutes on foot you can leave the centre of Como and be walking up through tranquil woods to Brunate – on a path that has now been renamed Sentiero Alda Merini in honour of her poetry Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Itineraries, Lake, People, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged Alda Merini, Brunate, Mary Shelley, nature, poetry, romanticism, sentiero, Ugo Foscolo, wildlife, Wordsworth
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Noir in Festival – Como 2019
Noir in Festival – Como 2019, This Friday, 6th December, sees the start of the Como-based section of ‘Noir in Festival’ – an annual feast of crime film and fiction. We consider the historical reasons why ‘noir’ is popular in Italy. Continue reading
Posted in crime, Culture, Events, History, People, Politics
Tagged anni di piombo, crime, depistaggio, festivals, Giancarlo de Cataldo, judges, magistrates, Massimo Carlotto, Noir, P2, stragismo
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Lake Como’s Moltrasio Trunk Murder
Lake Como’s Moltrasio Trunk Murder – a vintage crime of passion during a honeymoon that turned sour. Continue reading
Posted in crime, History, People, Uncategorized
Tagged crime, History, Ispolatov, Mary Scott Castle, Metropole Suisse, Moltrasio, murder, Porter Charlton, Steamships, Transatlantic, Trunk Murder
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Campo Urbano – Public Art in Como 1969
Campo Urbano – Public Art in Como 1969. How the generation of Como artists following on from the Astrattisti Comaschi continued to place Como in the vanguard of artistic developments. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Events, History, People, Uncategorized
Tagged abstractism, agitprop, Art, Campo Urbano, Casa Bini, Cinque Giornate, Francesco Somaini, Giuliano Collina, Ico Parisi, MAC, mario radice, Movimento Arte Concreta, public art, sculpture, Street art, Ugo La Pietra
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