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Recent Posts
- Fables, Legends and Folkore: A Walk to the Devil of Blevio and other Erratics May 14, 2023
- Lake Como’s Condottiere – The Marquis of Musso April 28, 2023
- Como’s Manifesto for Wellbeing April 10, 2023
- Como’s Famous Women: The wartime exploits of Ginevra Bedetti Masciadri March 14, 2023
- Lake Como’s Wild Pack of Wolves February 14, 2023
Tag Archives: sasso del lupo
Fables, Legends and Folkore: A Walk to the Devil of Blevio and other Erratics
The area around Blevio and Torno is particularly rich in glacial erratics and three of the larger and better known examples can be visited on or nearby the mountain path from Brunate to Monte Piatto, above Blevio and Torno. Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Itineraries, Places of interest, Walks
Tagged blevio, erratici, erratics, Folklore, Monte Piatto, Pietra Nairola, Pietra Pendula, sasso del lupo, Torno, Trovanti
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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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