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Lake Como Poetry way_EN - work in progress
Template:Pagebanner The Lake Como Poetry Way is a 16 km pedestrian itinerary that crosses the towns of Cernobbio, Como and Brunate, all located on Lago di Como. The peculiarity of the itinerary is that it is narrated by 16 acclaimed people that have lived in and have narrated about these places. The itinerary is mapped also by 12 Little Free Library dedicated to the exchange of books (in any language).
Understand
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]The itinerary connects well known sites of this territory, valuing characters, places and monuments having has fil rouge a number of historical figures that have woven ties with the surroundings enabling to build a novel storytelling.
Prepare
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]It is recommended to use trekking shoes, especially if you are willing to go through stage no. 15 on foot, since the path follows an old mule track between Eremo di San Donato and Brunate. If for this stage you choose to take the funicular, then the itinerary can be walked using comfortable and adequate shoes for the 16 km lenght. For stage no. 15, it is also recommended to bring a water bottle with you.
Starting altitude: 335 m a.s.l.
Arrival altitude: 715 m a.s.l.
difference in level: 654 m (137 descending, 517 rising)
Duration: 6 hours
Type of activity: Hiking
Difficulty: Turistic
Get in
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]This itinerary starts from Roggiana and arrives in Brunate, crossing Cernobbio and Como, however it can be fractioned at will or followed in the opposite direction.
From Como, the starting point can be reached using public transport ASF urban line no. 6.
Stages
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]The itinerary is organised in 16 stages crossing through some of the most important sites in Roggiana, Cernobbio, Como and Brunate. Associated to each stage one or more anecdotes of historical figures connected to Como and its surroundings.
Roggiana
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Template:Listing, via Scaletto - (vai alla tappa)
Cernobbio
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Template:Listing, via Besana - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, via per Cernobbio - (vai alla tappa)
Como
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Template:Listing, via Simone Cantoni - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, via Borgovico - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, viale Giancarlo Puecher - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, Lungo Lario Marconi - (vai alla tappa)
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- Template:Listing, piazza del Duomo - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, via Mestri Comacini - (vai alla tappa)
- Template:Listing, piazza Verdi - (vai alla tappa)
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- Template:Listing, piazza Medaglie d'Oro - (vai alla tappa)
Brunate
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- Template:Listing, con partenza dalle scalette a Como - (vai alla tappa)
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The itinerary is also mapped by 12 little free little free library listed here below, where one can take and leave books free of charge.
Little free library
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The itinerary
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]1 - Valico di Roggiana, Luigi Dottesio
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]The itinerary starts from the border between Italy and Switzerland, between the towns of Vacallo and Maslianico, a frontier known by the name of Roggiana Pass, one of the very well known smuggling routes between the two countries.
- «Our forefathers erected a statue for him in a sacred place: it would be worthy of the kindness of our present times to grant prestige to our Country with a work of art connecting the ages of our two great fellow citizens, Pliny and Volta».
This is what Luigi Dottesio wrote about Pliny the Elder in his Biographical Notes on Illustrious Comaschi, published in 1847 in Switzerland by the Tipografia Elvetica of Capolago. The author, back then deputy secretary of the municipality of Como, smuggled prohibited books published by this tipography in the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom. A contraband of culture and ideals which Dottesio paid with his life. He was here, at Roggiana Pass the starting point of this itinerary, arrested on 12 January 1851. He was then hanged in Venice on 11 October 1851. As martyr to press freedom, he leaves in inheritance a biography still today of inspiration to all generations. Furthermore, Dottesio was the first ordinary man to represent Como and its province if official occasions. His sacrifice was fro a country which he hoped to be united by its culture.
From the Swiss border, one heads towards Lake Como.
Distance between the first and second stage: 3 km, on foot approx. 30 min slightly downhill.
Note: this distance can be travelled by car, by following an alternative route which avoids pedestrian-only paths, and leaving the car at the Villa Erba Parking located in Cernobbio along SP71 - Vecchia Regina.
2 - Riva di Cernobbio, Vincenzo Monti
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]3 - Villa del Grumello, Ugo Foscolo
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]4 - Villa Olmo, Caninio Rufo
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]5 - Villa Gallia, Paolo Giovio
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]6 - Monumento ai caduti, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]7 - Tempio Voltiano, Alessandro Volta
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]8 - Piazza Cavour, Hermann Hesse
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]9 - Duomo (portale), Plinii
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]10 - Duomo (facciata Sud), Cecilio
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]11 - Teatro sociale, Mary Shelley
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]12 - Piazzetta Baratelli, August Strindberg
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]13 - Museo civico, Giacomo Leopardi
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]14 - Mulattiera Como-Brunate, Alda Merini
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]15 - Parco Volta, Penčo Slavejkov
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]16 - Faro voltiano
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