Museums & culture
Museum of the End of the War
Dongo's museum of the last days of April 1945, in Palazzo Manzi, where Mussolini was taken after his capture.
500 m
Musso
Giardino del Merlo
The nineteenth-century botanical garden on the Sasso di Musso, sheer above the lake, with palms and prickly pears among the rocks, grottoes, little bridges and the church of Sant'Eufemia.
- Visit duration
- 45 min – 1 h 30
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- Upper Lake
- Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sara Mauri · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why go
On the Sasso di Musso, on the border with Dongo and at the foot of the ruins of the Medeghino's castle, Giovanni Manzi created a botanical garden in the second half of the nineteenth century, modelled on those of the Ligurian Riviera that drop sheer to the sea. Mediterranean and exotic plants, such as palms, prickly pears and eucalyptus, alternate with alpine ones. Along the path come little bridges, grottoes, the stone buildings Manzi had made and the church of Sant'Eufemia. After the death of the last heir, Giuseppina Manzi, after the war, the park was abandoned and even became a marble quarry. Its recovery ended with the opening of the path in September 2018.
- A Ligurian-style garden on the lake, among the rocks of the Sasso.
- From Musso and Dongo you see the Sasso with Sant'Eufemia on top.
Highlights
- The church of Sant'Eufemia
- Palms and prickly pears among the rocks
- Giovanni Manzi's grottoes and little bridges
Getting there
- The entrance is at Via del Giardino 12, in Musso, on the Sasso towards Dongo.
On the map
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Sources and credits
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Sources and credits
Verified at source25 Sept – 1 Oct 2026Comune di Mussoopens in a new tab
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.