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Tag Archives: mosaics
Lake Como’s British Enclave, the Anglican Church and Landscape Art
An exhibition of original works by some of the most prestigious contemporary English figurative artists will open on August 19th in Tremezzo. The works will later be sold to raise funds for Cadenabbia’s Anglican Church. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Events, Lake, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Alice Boggis-Rolfe, Anglican Church, Brentano, Cadenabbia, Griante, Heathcote Long, JMW Turner, Lake Como, mosaics, Murchison, Museo del Paesaggio, restoration, Saint George's Venice, sgraffito, Tremezzo, Villa Collina, Villa Mainona, Villa Norella
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From Out of the Swamp, Novum Comum – Roman Como
Como is in origin a Roman city named Novum Comum and founded in 59 BCE by none other than Julius Caesar, the father of the Roman Empire. The Roman presence persisted from then on until the collapse of the western … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Culture, History, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged augustus, baths, caesar, Como, Culture, forum, History, market, mosaics, museo archeologico, novum comum, pliny, roman art, san fedele, valduce
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The Como Companion 