2. INDEX
COMO
BARADELLO CASTLE
HIGH SCHOOL “A. VOLTA”
PALACE OF JUSTICE
CIVIC MUSEUM “P. GIOVIO”
LUCERNETTA’S THEATRE
FASCISM’S HOUSE
SOCIAL THEATRE
CATHEDRAL
BROLETTO
VOLTA’S TEMPLE
WAR MEMORIAL
STADIUM “G. SINIGAGLIA”
VILLA OLMO
3. COMO
THE CENTRE OF THE CITY IS
SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE
VALLEY NEAR THE LAKE.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE WITH ITS
MEDIEVAL WALLS AND BIG
LOOK-OUT TOWERS THE OLD
ROMAN CITY.
4. BARADELLO CASTLE
THE CASTLE IS ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND
CHARACTERISTIC MEDIEVAL BUILDING OF THE
CITY.
THERE IS A FABULOUS VIEW OF MILAN AND
BRIANZA.
5. HIGH SCHOOL“A. VOLTA”
WAS BUILT BY THE JESUITS IN
AND IT BECAME THE FIRST HIGH
SCHOOL OF COMO.
IT WAS DIRECTED BY ALESSANDRO
VOLTA, PHYSICS TEACHER AND
INVENTOR OF THE PILE.
IN THE LIBRARY WAS BUILT
AND FIVE YEARS LATER THE
FAÇADE WAS COMPLETED.
6. PALACE OF JUSTICE
THE TRIBUNAL OF COMO IS ONE
OF THE RECENTEST BUILDINGS OF
THE CITY.
IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN S AND
S . HERE TAKE PLACE CIVIL AND
PENAL PROCESSES OF ALL THE
PROVINCE.
7. CIVIC MUSEUM “P. GIOVIO”
IN XVIII CENTURY THE MEDIEVAL
BUILDING WAS RESTRUCTURED AS
IT LOOKS NOW.
IN THE MUSEUM THERE ARE
DIFFERENT SECTIONS: MEDIEVAL,
ROMAN AND PREHISTORIC.
8. LUCERNETTA’S THEATRE
THE LUCERNETTA’S THEATRE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST THEATRE OF
COMO WHICH PERFORMED FOR
CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.
TODAY YOU CAN SEE DIALECTAL
PLAYS AND FILMS ABOUT
MODERN PROBLEMS.
9. THE FASCISM’S HOUSE
THE FASCISM’S HOUSE TODAY IT
IS THE SEAT OF THE CANCELLOR OF
THE EXCHEQUER.
IT WAS PLANNED BY TERRAGNI,
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ITALIAN ARCHITET.
10. SOCIAL THEATRE
IT WAS UNVEILED IN AND IT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPOR-
TANT THEATRE.
INFACT IN IT SUBSTITUTED BY
SCALA THEATRE WHICH HAD BEEN
DEMAGED BY THE SECOND WORLD
WAR BOMBS.
11. CATHEDRAL
COMO’S CATHEDRAL IS DEDICATED TO SANTA
MARIA ASSUNTA.
IT’S NEAR THE LAKE AND IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT MONUMENTS OF NORTH ITALY.
IT’S THE LATEST GOTHIC CATHEDRAL BUILT IN
ITALY TEN YEARS LATER AFTER THE
FOUNDATION OF MILANO’S CATHEDRAL.
12. CATHEDRAL
IT WAS FINISHED IN WITH
THE BUILDING OF THE DOME.
INSIDE THERE ARE TAPESTRIES OF
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
13. CATHEDRAL
THE FAÇADE OF THE CATHEDRAL
WAS BUILT BETWEEN
AND IT’S ATTACHED TO BROLETTO
WITH ITS CIVIC TOWER, THAT LATER
BECOME THE CATHEDRAL BELL-
TOWER.
14. BROLETTO
THE COMO’S BROLETTO IS THE ORIGINAL SEAT OF
THE MUNICIPALLITY IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD.
IT WAS BUILT NEAR THE CATHEDRAL BECAUSE OF
THE STRONG TIE BETWEEN RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC
TOWER.
IT WAS BUILT IN IN GOTHIC-ROMANIC
STYLE.
15. VOLTA’S TEMPLE
THE VOLTA’S TEMPLE WAS
UNVEILED IN . AT THE
BEGINNING IT WAS THE SEAT OF
THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS OF
VOLTA.
IT WAS BUILT IN NEW CLASSIC
STYLE LOOKING AT THE
PANTHEON.
16. WAR MEMORIAL
THE WAR MEMORIAL IS A BIG TOWER METER
HIGH WITH BIG WINDOWS AND COMPLETELY
COVERED BY STONES.
INSIDE THERE IS A SACRARIUM WITH THE
NAMES OF THE LOCAL SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST
MONDIAL WAR.
THE MONUMENT WAS INSPIRED TO A SKETCH
OF ANTONIO SANT’ELIA.
17. STADIUM “G. SINIGAGLIA”
THE STADIUM WAS REALIZED
BECAUSE OF THE VOLTA’S
CELEBRATION OF .
IT WAS VERY MODERN BUILDING
THANKS TO THE CYCLE-TRACK.
18. VILLA OLMO
IT WAS BUILT ON THE WEST SHORE
OF THE COMO’S LAKE TO SATISFY
THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS OF LOCAL
MARQUISES.
ACTUALLY IT BELONGS TO THE
MUNICIPALITY AND IT’S UTILIZED
FOR IMPORTANT SHOWS AND
CULTURAL EVENTS.
