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Stories from the lake

Lake timeline

Two thousand years of the lake in order of date: from the Roman road along the western shore to the first steamboat, from the fall of the Isola Comacina to the Olginate dam. Each date leads to the story that tells it and to the place where it happened.

Dates
82
Stories
27
Periods
6
Como harbour with the jetty and moored boats, the cathedral dome on the right and the Brunate hill behind the town.
Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain

Only the dates from the story ‘The Medeghino, lord of the lake'All dates

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Renaissance and foreign rule

1450–1699 · 1 date

  1. The castle of Nesso is destroyed

    In the war against the Medeghino, the castle that Como had built in 1449 above the gorge of Nesso is destroyed. What remains is a wall up to fifteen metres high.

    Place: San Lorenzo Castle, NessoStory: The Medeghino, lord of the lake

    The castle's crenellated walls with an ivy-covered turret, on the grassy top, above the blue lake and the mountains of the far shore.