Confirming that the area is strategic for military defence, Montecchio North Fort was built in just a few months close to the First World War. It is one of the best preserved fortesses in Europe.
It was built by digging the rock to make way for buildings in concrete and stone to defend the northern border to Switzerland. In the southern building are the kitchen, the warehouses and the latrines, while the impressive northern building, with strong walls and a concrete roof over one meter thick, houses the orderly room, the command, the infirmary, armory and housing for officiers and troops.
The Montecchio North Fort , alongside Fuentes Fort , is a step of Forts’ Trail in Colico.
The Fort is in Via Alle Torri, 8. It is open form 10am till 5pm on saturday and sunday. It is open every dai in july and august and half september. The visits are every hours from 10 (10, 11, 12, 13 – 14, 15, 16, last visti at 17) only with guide (included in the ticket). Groups are composed by max 25 persons per hour.
The ticket cost € 7 for adults, € 5 for children from 6 to 17 years old, while for children up to 5 years old the ticket il frre.
In the neighbourhood, there is also the Fuentes Fort. For this reason it is possible to buy a cumulative ticket for the visit of two Forts at € 10 for adults and € 6 children from 6 to 17 years old
Photos by Bellati Giovanni.
The Natural History Museum and the civic Planetarium are two structures located in Palazzo Belgioioso in Lecco, a well-structured museum complex offering visitors the opportunity to trace the economic, social and environmental history of Lecco.
The natural history museum shows the natural environment of the area reviving the scientific culture of the late XIX century. Its visit is guided by panels and captions about the ecosystems of the area and the ecological behavior of the main animal species within the zoological collections.
The museum consists of nine rooms and each one presents and treats a specific theme ranging from birds to insects up to minerals.
Opening hours:
Contacts and further info: +39 0341481248
The civic Planetarium instead is one of the best facilities of the kind in Italy. Its dome is eight meters wide in diameter and has a 62 seats capacity. It reproduces the sky appearance as visible to a naked eye.
The planetarium simulates the sky as it is really visible from any point on Earth and at any date with perfect visibility conditions.
Opening hours:
Prices:
For booking activities at the Civic Planetarium please contact the following phone nr. +39 3288985316
Nella serata di venerdì 2 ottobre ci sarà, a Ballabio presso il Centro Monte Due Mani, a partire dalle ore 21, un concerto per il centenario della Grande Guerra, a cui parteciperanno il Coro Grigna dell’A.N.A. Sezione di Lecco, e i Vous della Valgranda.
Durante la manifestazione sarà possibile visitare la mostra di foto d’epoca e partecipare alla prezentazione frontiera Nord “Linea Cadorna”.
La serata viene organizzata con la collaborazione del Rifugio Griera, il Rifugio Roccoli Lorla e l’A.N.A. Sezione di Ballabio.
A partire da domenica 4 ottobre,e per le tre domeniche successive, le Guide Alpine del Lario e delle Grigne organizzano un corso di arrampicata, che durerà per tutto il mese di ottobre, aperto a tutti coloro che desiderano avvicinarsi a questo sport, per passione o per curiosità.
Nella locandina i contatti per ulteriori informazioni.
The Museum of Farming Culture in Colico is an ethnographic museum aiming to preserve and offer to the public a witness of the country life in the late XIX and early XX century documented by founds and material objects.
It dates back to 2007 thanks to an the initiative of the association CIF (Italian Women Centre) and in 2010 it joined the Provincial Museum System.
The museum is organized on two floors: on the first is set up a domestic environment and in the basement are collected objects witnessing various activities on the territory: agricultural, farming and woodland activities (dairy processing, haying, farming, viticulture, cereal), crafts (leather, iron, wool work), women’s activities (spinning and sewing), commercial and public services (school, office, shop).
On the website is also available a section of curious research of intangible assets belonging to the local rural tradition (dialect, sayings, proverbs, nursery rhymes, lullabies and prayers).
The opening is free but upon appointment.
Info and booking at the following numbers:
• Amelia Trussoni (President) phone +39 3337368922
• Giovanna Zugnoni (secretary) phone +39 3343182533
• Roberto Pozzi (curator) phone +39 3395289163
Il Rifugio Bogani, sulla Grigna Settentrionale, organizza per la cena di sabato 10 e il pranzo di domenica 11 ottobre la tradizionale cassola cucinata secondo la tradizione brianzola.
Nella locandina i contatti per la prenotazione.
Si svolgerà domenica 20 settembre il 4° Rally Day Valsassina sulle strade della Valsassina con partenza e arrivo in centro a Lecco presso la Canottieri.
La partenza della gara sarà alle 9 a Lecco, dove al pomeriggio è anche previsto l’arrivo alle 17.
Il percorso di 202 km complessivi sarà costituito da cinque prove speciali che sommano 30 km attraverso un itinerario che prevede una prova speciale da ripetersi tre volte, ed un’altra da ripetersi due volte su e giù per la Valsassina, con soste per parco assistenza e riordino a Cortenova.
Per informazioni contattare l’organizzatore ACI Lecco.
La proloco di Perledo con il patrocio del Comune organizza per il giono 12 settembre 2015 il “Lariosauro Day”.
Laboratori didattici e passeggiate guidate per adulti e bambini sulle tracce del Lariosauro, l’antico abitante del Lago di Como.
Sulla locandina tutte le informazioni e orari.
La Proloco di Dervio organizza il giorno 20 settembre 2015 “La Sgamelada”, gara non competitiva che si svolge in due percorsi: uno dalla lunghezza di 5 km che si svolge interamente nel paese di Dervio e uno lungo 10.5 km che oltre a passare tra le vie del paese di Dervio include anche le frazioni di Corenno e Dorio.
A seguire avverrà la premiazione con ricco rinfresco.
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