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Recent Posts
- Escaping the Holocaust- Via Switzerland? January 30, 2026
- Como’s Sepulchral Art – The City of the Dead January 15, 2026
- Federico Frigerio: The Face of Como October 14, 2025
- Como’s Twin-Tailed Mermaids June 23, 2025
- Beyond the City Walls: Via Milano May 21, 2025
Tag Archives: Terragni
Como’s Sepulchral Art – The City of the Dead
Como’s Monumental Cemetery, the city of the dead, reflects the city of the living – particularly of its art and architecture. As such, it is well worth a visit since no other location brings together in one defined space the city’s disparate artistic traditions and architectural styles from over the last two centuries. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, History, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Agliati, aldo galli, Art, cemetery, Culture, Eli Riva, Enrico Rusconi, Frigerio, Giuliano Collina, History, Marchini, Odescalchi, religious art, Religious symbols, sacred art, sculpture, Somaini, Tavani, Terragni, tourism, travel
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Como’s Lost ‘La Ruota’ Wheel
Como’s Lost Wheel – the ‘la Ruota’ studio of Ico and Luisa Parisi which conquered the world with its iconic furniture designs for companies like MIM and Cassina. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, History, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged alberto sartoris, astrattisti comaschi, Cassina, design, Egg Chair, furniture, Gio Ponti, Poltrona Uova, Terragni, Via Diaz
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The Poetry and Joy of Urban Portraiture – Adriano Caverzasio
If you aim to impart joy through your art, you best do it with a big smile – just like Adriano Caverzasio’s when I met him recently! And, if your art is intended to bring pleasure to all ages, how … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged asilo sant'elia, brera, casa del fascio, caverzasio, Como, conconi, Culture, futurism, modernism, monumento ai caduti, rationalism, san pietro, sant'elia, structuralism, Terragni, transatlantico
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Cortesella – The Mythical Heart of Old Como
As Les Halles was to Paris or Seven Dials to London, so was the Cortesella to Como – the lost heart of the old town. The Cortesella (named after Via Cortesella) was a warren of narrow streets and alleyways to … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Banca d'Italia, Como, Cortesella, Frigerio, les halles, nostalgia, Parisi, Piazza Duomo, redevelopment, Terragni
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Como’s Internationally Renowned Urban Visionary
This month sees the 100th anniversary of the death on the Isonzo front during the First World War of Antonio Sant’Elia. And so what, you might say! Many small cities can claim one or other famous son or daughter and … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio Sant'Elia, Architecture, Art, Boletto, Brunate, Como, futurism, Lake Como, Marinetti, modernism, secessionists, Terragni
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The Como Companion 