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The hills surrounding the current location of Como were inhabited, since at least the Iron Age, by a Celtic tribe known as the Orobii, who also, according to Pliny the Elder and modern scholars, had relations with the Ancient Ligurians, [11] [12] a people very similar to the Celts.
The town of Como was established in late 1862, during the gold rush in Palmyra Mining District. Two bills were under consideration in December, 1862, by the Nevada Territorial Legislature in Carson City, to build a toll road from Carson City to Como. [ 2] One of the bills was approved on December 18, 1862, providing an act chartering a toll ...
Como Cathedral. Coordinates: 45°48′42.46″N 9°5′2.14″E. Inside of the dome over the transept. West front. The nave, looking east. Como Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta or simply Duomo di Como; Lombard: Dòmm de Còmm[1]) is the Catholic cathedral of the city of Como, Lombardy, Italy, and the seat of the Bishop of Como.
Lake Como (Italian: Lago di Como [ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo], locally [ˈkoːmo] [a]), also known as Lario, [b] is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over 400 metres (1,300 ft) deep, it is the fifth ...
The Casa del Fascio of Como (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkaːza del ˈfaʃʃo, ˈkaːsa -]), also called Palazzo Terragni, is a building located in Como, Italy, in the Piazza del Popolo (former Piazza Impero), considered one of the masterpieces of Italian Modern Architecture. [1] It was designed by Italian architect Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943 ...
Italian Baroque architecture. Como Cathedral. Gothic architecture. Como Civic Art Gallery. Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi (Como) renaissance architecture. Dosso Pisani. Luigi Conconi.
Significant dates. Added to NRHP. November 8, 1984. Designated CL. September 28, 1977. Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [2][3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.
Saint day. July 25. Website. www.comune.bellagio.co.it. Bellagio (Italian: [belˈlaːdʒo]; Comasco: Belàs [beˈlaːs]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is located on Lake Como, also known by its Latin-derived name Lario, whose arms form an inverted Y.