Museums & culture
Como Cathedral
Como's cathedral, built between 1396 and 1740, from the Gothic of its facade to Filippo Juvarra's eighteenth-century dome.
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- Traditional festivals
- Indicative dates
19 December
Como
Living nativity on Via Pretorio
- Where
- Via Pretorio, beside the cathedral, Como
- Recurrence
- every year on the Saturday before Christmas
- Tickets
- Admission by voluntary donation.
The event recurs every year in this period, but the dates are not confirmed. Check with the organiser.
The De-Sidera association's living nativity is a play depicting the birth of Christ on Via Pretorio, the street beside Como Cathedral.
The programme for the 2025 edition
On Saturday 20 December 2025 the thirty-second edition is staged: three identical performances in the afternoon, from 15:30, with entry by free offering.
Nearby: places, experiences, services
Distances as the crow flies from where the event is held.
Around the same time
Until31Dec
200VOLTeVOLTA — the Alessandro Volta bicentenary
Two hundred years since Volta's death: talks, visits and exhibitions, in Como and beyond.
Tempio Voltiano, Villa del Grumello and other venues
Until31Dec
Morazzone a Como
Morazzone in Como's cathedral, four hundred years after his death.
Sacrestia dei Mansionari, Como Cathedral, Piazza Duomo
Until10Jan 2027
Di piega in piega: the gesture of cloth
The pleat in cloth, from the making to Capucci's gowns: an autumn and winter exhibition at the Silk Museum.
Silk Museum, Via Castelnuovo 9, Como
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