Museums & culture
Palazzo Belgiojoso
The eighteenth-century palace that houses Lecco's civic museums, from the Neanderthal of Rovagnate to the Resistance, and the planetarium.
300 m
- Traditional festivals
5 Dec 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Lecco
Nativity Scenes and Dioramas Exhibition
- Where
- Torre Viscontea, Lecco
- Recurrence
- every year from the start of December to Epiphany
Dates confirmed by the organiser. Later editions follow the annual recurrence until they are announced.
Every year, from the start of December to Epiphany, the Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio's exhibition fills the Torre Viscontea, on Piazza XX Settembre in Lecco, with nativity scenes and dioramas: miniature scenes meant to be looked at close up. Half an hour covers it, as part of a walk round the centre of Lecco.
The 2026 programme
The fifteenth edition is open from 5 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, as part of Lecco's museum calendar. It opens on Friday 4 December at 18:00.
Nearby: places, experiences, services
Distances as the crow flies from where the event is held.
Around the same time
Until17Jan 2027
L'altra faccia della Luna
An exhibition at Palazzo delle Paure on the seventies and the utopia of the rock festivals, in pictures by eight photographers.
The Fototeca of Palazzo delle Paure, Piazza XX Settembre, Lecco
25Nov
Lecco Christmas markets
Wooden chalets on piazza XX Settembre and Cermenati, until Epiphany.
Piazza XX Settembre and Piazza Cermenatiuntil 6 January 2027
6Dec
Capolavoro per Lecco
An exhibition of masterworks at Palazzo delle Paure, December to March.
Palazzo delle Paure, Leccountil 7 March 2027
6Dec
Festa di San Nicolò
Lecco's patron saint, on 6 December, with mass in the basilica and the San Nicolò d'Oro awards.
The basilica of San Nicolò and central LeccoIndicative dates