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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 stone of the lake'All dates

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Renaissance and foreign rule

1450–1699 · 1 date

  1. 1457–1486

    The façade of Como Cathedral

    From 1452 the cathedral works use white marble from Musso, which becomes their main material. The façade, begun in 1457, is completed in 1486 with the rose window.

    Place: Como CathedralStory: The stone of the lake

    The Duomo's marble apses and dome under a September sky.