Attractions
Frank's Pyramid, Laglio
A granite pyramid some twenty metres high above Laglio's cemetery: the tomb of the physician Joseph Frank, a pupil of Volta, raised in 1851, with his marble portrait and three Egyptian doors.
200 m
Laglio
War Memorial, Laglio
- Visit duration
- 5–15 min
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- First Basin
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Why go
Laglio's war memorial is a bronze sculpture by Michele Vedani on the lakefront in front of the town hall.
Made in 1922 for the dead of the First World War, it represents Italy on a tall granite base. The woman rests a sword on the ground with her left hand and raises a Roman standard bearing the letters SPQR with her right. A small winged Victory at the top offers a laurel wreath. More than three metres tall, the figure twists at the waist, with wind-blown clothing. It was cast in Milan and was already installed in Laglio by November 1922.
- A bronze by Michele Vedani, more than three metres tall, on the lakefront.
- The memorial Laglio had cast in 1922 for its dead.
Highlights
- The figure of Italy with her sword and the SPQR standard
- The small winged Victory with the laurel wreath
- The tall granite base
- The lakefront in front of the town hall
Getting there
- It stands on Laglio's lakefront, in front of the town hall, along the Via Vecchia Regina. ASF Autolinee's C110 Como–Menaggio–Colico bus stops at Laglio; boats do not call here, and the nearest piers are Brienno and Urio.
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- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.