Until17Jan 2027
Opera season at the Teatro Sociale di Como
Opera at the Teatro Sociale on Piazza Verdi, with productions from the OperaLombardia network.
Teatro Sociale di Como, Piazza Verdi
Como
Palazzo Cernezzi
- Today
- Visit duration
- 10–20 min
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- First Basin
- Tomcorengia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why go
The palace was built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on earlier medieval buildings.
Until 1591 it belonged to the Cemme family; then the architect Giovanni Antonio Piotti, known as il Vacallo, bought it and probably designed its rebuilding. In 1657 it passed to the Cernezzi, who gave it its name, in 1821 to Giovanni Brocca and in 1838 to Agostino Bruni. In 1853 the Comune bought it and made it the town hall. It still is, on Via Vittorio Emanuele II, a short walk from the Duomo.
- Como's town hall since 1853, in a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century palace in the heart of the walled town.
- A short walk from the Duomo and San Fedele.
Highlights
- The arcaded courtyard
- The stone doorways under the vaults
Getting there
- At Via Vittorio Emanuele II 97, in the walled town, between the Duomo and San Fedele.
- The only way in is from Via Bertinelli, on the east side of the palace.
Accessibility
- The offices are spread over four floors, served by stairs and lifts, and all of them are accessible to disabled visitors.
Practical information
- Telephone
- Access
Only through the entrance on Via Bertinelli; there is no way in through the one on Via Vittorio Emanuele II, even when it is open
The left-hand pedestrian gate is reserved for people going to the registry or civil status offices. For every other office, go in through the right-hand gate, by the guard's booth: you say which office you are going to, leave an identity document and collect a numbered pass marked “VISITATORE”, to be kept on display for as long as you are in the town hall.
Webcams
- Como, the city and the first basinLive video · Skyline Webcams · 250 m
- Brunate, looking northUpdated image · Ristorante Hotel Falchetto, su WeatherCam · 1.4 km
Updated 23 October 2026
On the map
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Sources and credits
Verified at source10 Oct 2026
Sources (2)
- Comune di Comoopens in a new tabOpening, Access
- Comune di Como — Oggi a Comoopens in a new tabTelephone
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.
Sources and credits
Verified at source10 Oct 2026
Sources (2)
- Comune di Comoopens in a new tabOpening, Access
- Comune di Como — Oggi a Comoopens in a new tabTelephone
- Maps, parking, services and distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Freely licensed photographs: authors and licences under Photograph credits.