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Tag Archives: Ghibellines
Como Municipality’s Heraldic Confusion
Como’s city council has sought to clarify a case of heraldic confusion. The new mayor has decided to clarify what must have been the most insignificant of the many issues facing the new administration, – its coat of arms. Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, History, Politics, Uncategorized
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Tagged banner, Barbarossa, coat of arms, Como, Ghibellines, gonfalone, Guelphs, History, logo, mayor, Palazzo Cernezzi, sindaco, stemma
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Como’s City Walls
Como has a lot of ‘history’ and the city’s walls provide visible evidence of the fact. They survive to this day due to the strategic location of the city and its desire to enforce customs duties on all goods passing through its gates. Continue reading →
Posted in Architecture, Gardens, History, Places of interest, Uncategorized
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Tagged Baradello, Castello della Torre Rotonda, Cittadella Viscontea, Como, Federico Barbarossa, Ghibellines, Guelphs, Hanging Gardens, History, Medieval Walls, Moltrasio stone, Porta Nuova, Porta Pretoria, Porta Torre, Roman remains, Roman Walls, Rusca, Teatro Sociale, Visconti, Vittani
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