To get on the Volta lighthouse, a short walk from the arrival of the Brunate cable car, is an incredible and unique experience. Open only certain days of the week and mostly on weekends . From the top you can enjoy a panoramic view and especially if you’re lucky enough to be the only one there […]
Giuseppe Terragni was one of the most important exponents of modern Italian architecture between the two world wars. Born in Meda in 1904 he studied at Milan Polytechnic University. His partnership with P. Lingeri and his participation in Gruppo Sette in 1926 were a key part of his training. Gruppo Sette was a collective of […]
Go back in time in Como Square In his ingenious and provocative book “The idea of Europe”, French essayist George Steiner argues that Europe is its cafés, from the Lisbon coffee house so beloved of Fernando Pessoa to the cafés of Odessa, from those in Copenhagen, which Kierkegaard past on his concentrated walks, to those […]
From the Lake to the Alps in 6.5 minutes The cable car connecting Como to Brunate is absolutely unique in all of Europe. In just a few minutes it travels from the shores of Lake Como to the balcony of the Alps. Opened on November 11, 1894, it follows a straight-line route up a hillside with a 55% maximum […]
Libeskind on Lake Como As of October 1st, 2015, there is a new work of art on display on Lake Como’s breakwater. It has been created by the Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind, one of the world’s most important architects, and donated to the city of Como. The work (see picture) has raised both enthusiastic and […]
From Severini to Boccioni, De Chirico to Manzoni, a miniature museum located within the walls of Casa Boschi Di Stefano. A series of works showcasing 20th century art and the life of two generous and untiring collectors who, dying without heirs, left all their works to the City of Milan. This is more an inhabited […]
Raise your hand if you have ever thought with some horror about listening in religious silence to the singing (in general, totally obscure) of a heavy-set lady holding a lance and wearing a horn-adorned helmet on her head; or assisting in the lost love warbles of a tenor, forever separated from his soprano because of […]
