Photographer's Note
Another little town along the Como lake border, Brienno
Infos from lagodicomo.com:
"Travelling along the "Regina" road, about twenty kilometres from Como, you find Brienno, a small village that lies on the shore of the lake opposite Nesso. Behind the village rise Monte San Bernardo (1,351 mts.) and Monte Briante (1,279 mts). Of very old origins, the village was almost certainly inhabited before Roman settlement, as the findings of pagan inhabitation reveal, which date back to the fourth and fifth centuries and by a necklace in the form of a snake.
The first documents, related to the settlement, go back to medieval times when it was allied with Barbarossa during the war against Milan and, consequently, became the feud of the Bishop of Como. Other feudatories were Lucrezia Crivelli, who obtained it from Ludovico il Moro, and the Gallio family in the sixteenth century. From 1.927 to 1.948, Brienno constituted one single commune with Laglio. Today the village relies on tourism as its main resource.
SIGHTS:
Church of SS. Nazario e Celso
Although the church has Romanesque origins, its present baroque features are due to rebuilding in the sixteenth century. The only remaining traces to be found of the original structure can be seen in the bell tower. Inside: glass painted (beginning of the fourteenth century); a polyptych of A. Passeri (1508); sixteenth-century frescoes by G.P. Recchi.
Church of S. Vittore
The Romanesque bell tower, with angular pilaster strips and mullioned windows with two lights, is among the oldest of the Como type (the 11th century) and its present nave dates back to the fifth century."
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Jeppo
(17645) 2007-10-23 12:18
beh...non vale postare i paesini del lago di como!
sono una cartolina naturale!
ciao
Silvio
clio
(27961) 2007-10-23 12:35
Ciao Giorgio,
Tutte queste finestre verticali su queste facciate... è molto un grazioso mosaïque. La luce sulla cima delle onde del lago porta uno bello effetto anche. È piacevole continuare questo viaggio in barca sul lago di Côme.
Grazzie
Diane
maltagirl
(562) 2007-10-23 12:46
Hello Giorgio,
Beautifully colourd houses with greenary on the background and a lovely lake on the front.
This place is just wonderful!
My compliments for your shot, very well taken.
Regards.
Marthese
Bluejeans
(64251) 2007-10-23 14:28
Ola Giorgio ,
Que bela vista desta vila , com as suas casas coloridas tem uma arquitectura fantastica , gostei muito das cores ,belo ponto de visão , parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo
scroller
(3451) 2007-10-23 14:49
Hi Gio
One day I will go to Italy and discover the beautiful country of yours. This looks like a lovely little pitoresque village on the mountains side. Well cropped and presentet together with a good not e as always.
Regards
/Stefan
Giorgio
(11279) 2007-10-23 23:30
- Very colored this little port on the famous lake, good idea for the panoramic framing, bravo!
giorgio
hatti52
(12786) 2007-10-24 0:43
Ciao Giorgio,
wonderful shot
what a nice houses between two differnt green tones
bravo
noborders
(1010) 2007-10-26 2:02
This village is lovely and the picture very sharp and clear, interesting architecture... TFS,
Cath.
konok
(2068) 2007-11-04 15:50
Good panoramic composition! I hope one day I will see this colorful houses of Brienno.
TFS
Janos
Photo Information
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Copyright: Giorgio Mercuri (giorgimer)
(35017)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-07-08
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Fujifilm S6500fd
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Italian lakes and rivers [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-10-23 12:06