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Tag Archives: Como
Como’s Olympic Rowers: Past and Present
On the 27th July three athletes from Como’s rowing club, Canottieri Lario, and a further three from the neighbouring Canottieri Moltrasio will be leaving for Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympics. The three Comaschi are Aisha Rocek, Giorgia Pelacchi and Jacopo Frigerio. The Moltrasini are Elisa Mondelli, Matteo Della Valle and Davide Comini. They will be accompanied by Stefano Fraquelli, Canottieri Lario’s Technical Director who is the National Italian Rowing Team’s Female Coach Continue reading
Posted in Events, Places of interest, rowing, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Athletes, Athletics, canottieri lario, canottieri moltrasio, Como, Gruppo Sportivo, news, Olympics, Paris, rowing, sinigaglia, sports, summer-olympics
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Como’s Nostalgia For…..Wash Houses
The wash house (Lavatoio in Italian) is a common architectural feature across Italy and no less so in the mountain communities around Lake Como. Technological and social changes have rendered them almost entirely redundant yet many still remain and a significant number have even been renovated and restored. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Folklore, History, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged cleaning, Como, Food, Lake Como, laundry, lavandaia, lavatoio, nature, nostalgia, travel, wash house
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Como 1907: The Mouse and the Lake
In May this year ‘Como 1907’ was promoted into the top league of Italian football – Serie A. This change is due to ‘the most interesting football project in Europe’ – a project inspired by Disney and starring the lake. What is that project and how did it come about? Continue reading
Posted in Art, Lake, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Como, Como 1907, Dennis Wise, Essien, Fabregas, football, Lake Como, merchandise, premier-league, Serie A, soccer, Sport, sports
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An American in Venice (via Como)
On April 18th Sonja Christoph and husband Alessandro left Como to travel by train to Venice for the day. This was just one of the many, and one of the shortest of journeys undertaken by Sonja in her moves from her native Florida USA to Como via Heidelberg, Munich and London. But perhaps, for all that, this was one of the more personally significant journeys taken until now – she was delivering her artwork entitled ‘Frames of Reference’ for display in the Venetian Biennale. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Events, People, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Biennale, Cameroon, Como, Culture, illustration, migrants, storytelling, Venice
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Swimming in Lake Como 2024
Many ask if it is safe to swim in Lake Como. Every year we publish the official data collected over the previous season and this year (2024) we can confidently state that the lake’s beaches are cleaner than ever. Continue reading
Posted in Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged bacteria, beaches, Como, e-coli, italy, Lake Como, lidos, pollution, swimmability, travel, wild swimming
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Como Tourism Post Covid
Lake Como’s natural charms are secure but does Como tourism possess the necessary infrastructure, professionalism and will to meet the challenges of success, to safeguard and publicise the qualities of the ‘brand’ and to satisfy the evolving demand for ‘experiential’ tourism? Continue reading
Lake Como in Fiction
Some suggested holiday reading with Lake Como used as the backdrop for holiday romance, crime and historical drama – how is our lake depicted? Continue reading
Posted in crime, Culture, History, Lake, Uncategorized
Tagged book-review, book-reviews, books, Como, fiction, holiday reading, Lake Como, landscape, novels, writing
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An Expatriate’s Life on Lake Como
Paul Wright and his wife Nicola moved from England to Lake Como over thirty years ago. They have faced various challenges and tribulations over this time but have never regretted making that move. Paul has recorded the couple’s experiences in a trilogy of books available on Amazon. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Lake, People, Places of interest
Tagged Argegno, Art, bureaucracy, Como, expatriates, Lake Como, Moltrasio, murals, Paul Wright, proloco
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The Como Companion 