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Tourism on Lake Como – Then and Now

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Tourism on Lake Como – Then and Now. A look at current levels of tourism and its growth on Lake Como from Pliny, Stendhal to the Clooneys. Continue reading →

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From Out of the Swamp, Novum Comum – Roman Como

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

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 →

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