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- The Romantic Era of Smuggling: A Game of Cat and Mouse on Lake Como April 15, 2021
- Hollywood, Gucci and Lake Como March 16, 2021
- Two Local Poets for International Women’s Day March 10, 2021
- Carate Urio to Moltrasio via Rifugio Bugone February 20, 2021
- Cleaning Up Como’s Tax Office February 16, 2021
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Tag Archives: ecology
Lake Como’s Bears, Wolves … and Werewolves
Lake Como’s Bears, Wolves … and Werewolves. Just by travelling 10 kms inland from the lake, you enter areas remote enough to support the repopulation of wolves and bears – and the continued propagation of ancient myth! Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Places of interest, Uncategorized, Walks
Tagged bears, cavargna, deer, ecology, garzeno, sasso del lupo, valle albano, valsassina, viandante, werewolves, wild boar, wolves
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Como and Cernobbio Say Goodbye to Nonna Pupa
Cernobbio’s Giardino della Valle (Valley Garden) is a singularly beautiful oasis of calm, straddling a mountain stream as it descends to the lake. It exists thanks entirely to the vision and tenacity of Nonna Pupa who died aged 95 on Wednesday November 20th. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Gardens, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Antica Strada Regina, bureaucracy, cernobbio, Culture, ecology, environment, gardening, Il Giardino della Valle, Music, nature, Nonna Pupa, public spirit, volunteering
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Como – How Green is Our City?
Following on from the Legambiente’s report Ecosistema Urbana 2017, how well did Como do? Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged Como, ecology, environment, mantova, milan, pedestrianisation, pollution, smog, Sustainability, waste management, ztl
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