Until15Nov
Iron and water. The Gerenzone valley between memory and change
Industrial-archaeology photographs of the Gerenzone valley, in Lecco's Torre Viscontea.
Torre Viscontea, Piazza XX Settembre, LeccoFree entry
Lecco
War Memorial, Lecco
- Visit duration
- 10–20 min
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- Lecco Branch
- Davide Mauro · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why go
Lecco's war memorial stands on the Lungolario Isonzo and is the work of Giannino Castiglioni, from 1926.
At its centre is a granite stela with a female figure, wings folded and face marked by grief, the Motherland, looking out over Lake Como. Round the base, on all four sides, bronze high reliefs cast in 1923 by the Fonderia Artistica Battaglia of Milan tell of soldiers leaving the fields, parting from their loved ones, leaving for war and the fallen in victory. It was dedicated to the people of Lecco who died in the First World War, and later also to those who fell in the African war and the Second World War.
- One of Castiglioni's works on the lake, on Lecco's promenade.
- The view from the lakefront towards the Resegone and San Martino.
Highlights
- The stela with Giannino Castiglioni's Motherland
- The bronze high reliefs cast in 1923
- The Lungolario Isonzo between the centre and the harbour
Getting there
- On the Lungolario Isonzo, a few minutes' walk from Piazza Garibaldi and the landing stage.
On the map
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Sources and credits
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.
Sources and credits
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.