Varenna (Comasco, Lecchese: Varena) is a comune (municipality) on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Lecco.
Varenna
Varena (Lombard) | |
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| Comune di Varenna | |
 Varenna seen from an approaching ferry | |
Location of Varenna  | |
  Varenna Location of Varenna in Italy  Varenna Varenna (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 46°1′N 9°17′E / 46.017°N 9.283°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Lecco (LC) |
| Frazioni | Fiumelatte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlo Molteni |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[2] | |
• Total | 812 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Varennesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23829 |
| Dialing code | 0341 |
| Website | www.comune.varenna.lc.it |
Varenna was founded by local fishermen in AD 769 and was later allied with the commune of Milan. In 1126 it was destroyed by the rival commune of Como, and later received the refugees from the Isola Comacina, who had met the same fate (1169).
Varenna borders the following municipalities: Esino Lario, Lierna, Oliveto Lario, Perledo. The main sights are the Castello di Vezio, a small museum dedicated to Lariosaurus (a Middle Triassic sea reptile related to turtles), as well as the beautiful gardens at Villa Monastero. Across the lake in the province of Como are: Bellagio, Griante and Menaggio.
Villa Monastero, in between Varenna and Fiumelatte is nowadays a museum, botanical garden and convention center. It was founded as a Cistercian monastery in the 11th or 12th century.[3] It is served by Varenna-Esino-Perledo station, on the Tirano–Lecco railway.
People
edit- Giovanni Battista Pirelli (1848–1932), entrepreneur, engineer and politician who founded Pirelli & C. in Milan in 1872.
Gallery
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Vecchio Porto. -
Piazza San Giorgio.
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Villa Monastero : Percorsi e Immagini tra '800 e '900. s.d. Varenna (with English text), p. 16, 27.
External links
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Varenna travel guide from Wikivoyage
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