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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 chancellor on the lake'All dates

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Twentieth century

1900–1999 · 2 dates

  1. Adenauer comes to Cadenabbia

    On the advice of his foreign minister, Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, the German chancellor Konrad Adenauer spends a holiday at Cadenabbia, and Griante makes him an honorary citizen. He will spend eighteen holidays there until 1966, from 1959 at Villa La Collina.

    Place: GrianteStory: The chancellor on the lake

    Konrad Adenauer reading the newspaper in a wicker chair on the terrace of Villa La Collina at Cadenabbia, August 1961.

  2. The Élysée Treaty is saved at Cadenabbia

    At Cadenabbia, where Adenauer spends his holidays at Villa La Collina, the leaders of the German governing coalition meet, because ratification of the treaty with France is in danger of failing in the Bundestag. The chancellor agrees to add a preamble on the Atlantic alliance, and the treaty is saved.

    Place: Villa La Collina, CadenabbiaStory: The chancellor on the lake

    The yellow villa among the park's trees: two storeys of arches, the upper loggia with its iron railing, the gravel drive and a clipped hedge in front.