The Antonio Bellomi Photographic Museum of Cortenova , in Valsassina , was founded in 2004 thanks to a donation that Belloni’s family made to the commune.
The museum offers an artistic and historical heritage composed of over 5000 photografic plates in glass made by Antonio Bellomi (1901-1986), three painting of Giovanni Vattimo (1952) and some furnishings and objects belonging to the daily life of the early twentieth century.
The photographs , donated to the Municipality by Bellomi’s Family , tracing the daily life in Valsassina in that period and are a testament of the territory transformation occured over the past century. Every year , the museum organizes a thematic summer exhibition that , going through the selection and the development on paper of hundred of plates , presents to the public a set of landscapes , portraits , group photos , representations of local events and simple moments of the daily reality.
The museum can be visited in the weekends in August from 4 to 7 p.m.: in the other period it is opened only for special occasions or on request.
For private visits: +39 0341 983 084 or +39 380 541 8541
The Oratory of San Fermo in Cortenova was built by Mornico brothers, pastors in Cremeno, Indovero and Taceno, who erected it at their own expense in 1591, as indicated the date on the principal jamb.
The church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and the Saints Nicola da Tolentino, Fermo, Ambrogio and Cecilia, represented by statues on the main altar. The presbytery is adorned with a baroque choir stalls.
Other interesting works are the Chapel dedicated to San Carlo, the Crucifix, the stained glass above the entrance, the main altar and the pulpit.
From July 22 to August 27, 2017 the Oratory will be open from 10 to 10.30 am, from 11 to 11.30 am, from 3 to 3.30 pm and from 4 to 4.30 pm; during the year is open only on special occasion or on request.
Il giorno di ferragosto il Rifugio Buzzoni di Introbio propone un menù studiato ad hoc per l’occasione.
Nella locandina le portate proposte e i contatti.
L’Agriturismo Due Soli di Primaluna propone per la serata di sabato 8 agosto dalle ore 20.30 una cena a buffet a km 0, a base di prodotti tipici della fattoria; a seguire visione della volta celeste con alcuni esperi astrofisici del gruppo DeepSpace di Lecco.
Il costo è di € 15 bevande incluse e pa prenotazione è obbligatoria ai numeri che sono nella locandina qui di seguito.
From September 5th to September 10th, in Dervio, will be the Italian Youth Sailing Championships in double.
The event is organized by Multilario, a L’evento è organizzato da Multilario, a complex of sailing clubs of Como’s Lake that for over thirty years has organized national and international sailing events.
Below the program:
For further information, visit the website www.multilario.it
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of September, at Parco Grignetta in Ballabio, will be the Pork Day, a day dedicated to food and funny with the company of “Il Pianeta dei Sogni”.
Look the placard for further information.
There are 13 Churches in the village of Vendrogno (Bellano): if you are interested in discovering the beautiful Churches, the itinerary starts in the centre of the village and continues along the hamlets. It is possible to admire Romans Churches, of the ‘400 and ‘500, or Baroque Churches or Churches with a recent history. The Churches are in the middle of the narrow alleys of the villages or in suggestive position overlooking Lake Como.
Photo by Paola Massari, Alessandra Maffei, Camillo Vitali.
The Civic Ornithological Museum “Luigi Scanagatta” is located in Varenna, a characteristic tourist village on Lake Como.
The Museum shows an interesting ornithological collection of the Larian territory. It was founded in 1962, thanks to the work of the naturalist Luigi Scanagatta, well known researcher in ornithology, malacology and botany, who collected specimens of birds of the area. Considered the relevance of the collection, in the ‘80s, thanks to a contribution of the Lombardy Region the Ornithological Museum became Civic Museum.
Once dead the naturalist, Father Tarcisio Scanagatta donated the important scientific library, the epistolary and the malacology collection belonged to his brother Luigi.
The library consists of more than 1,500 volumes, monographs and brochures, divided into ornithology, zoology, malacology and botany and includes many works of high scientific level.
The museum promotes the comprehension and the diffusion of the knowledge about the natural environment of Varenna and Lake Como.
Please find here the Civic Ornithological Museum’s brochure: Museo Civico di ornitologia e scienze naturali L. Scanagatta
The Ornithological Museum “Luigi Scanagatta” is open during the opening hours of the Tourist Office of Varenna.
Ticket:
Photo by Sistema Museale Lecco Province website
The Pioverna creek flows through the whole Valsassina Valley, creating a beautiful green waterfall near Taceno before flowing into Lake Como.
The Tartavalle waterfall, where a small hydroelectric power plant is also located, is well visible from the Valsassina cycle path. It is a very suggestive place into a picturesque natural setting and it is a destination for tourists and photographers.
Beyond the waterfall, the course of Pioverna becomes steep, closed between rocks and narrow gorges, and the green water of the Tartavalle creek forms the Bellano Gorge. It is a natural waterfall that flows down into a deep gorge, formed in over thousands of years, that can be visited through walkways and stairs.
The Tartavalle destination is famous as former thermal destination. In 1839 Antonio Fondra, a resident in Taceno, discovered a source of potable water with beneficial effects on health. In 1847 Father Ottavio Ferrario, a chemist, came to Valsassina to analyse the water, and it was qualified as ferruginous magnesia water. Thanks to this fact, the fame of Tartavalle source grew (in 1907 there were 1500 visitors per year), so much that it encouraged establishment of a bathhouse and an hotel managed by the brothers Don Clemente and Don Tranquillo Fondra.
In 1929 was built the thermal bath, then expanded in 1966. A few years later the first analysis, in 1911 a complete water analysis was carried out, and today the water is considered as one of the most alkaline water in Italy.
The Tartavalle baths brought a period of great tourism development for Taceno, that used to count numerous hotels and restaurants, and, more generally, for the entire area of the Upper Valsassina.
Unfortunately, the baths were later closed.
Photo by Gabriele Orlandi, Adso da Melz e Diego Panzeri.
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