Varenna

Varenna
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Lecco (LC)
Local name	Varéna
Coordinates	46 ° 0 ′ N , 9 ° 17 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ 30 ″ N , 9 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E
height	220 m slm
surface	11 km²
Residents	742 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	67 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23829
prefix	0341
ISTAT number	097084
Popular name	varennesi
Patron saint	George (saint) ( April 23 )
Website	Varenna

The municipality of Varenna within the province of Lecco

Varenna seen from the lake

Varenna is a municipality with 742 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian region of Lombardy in the province of Lecco .

geography

The village lies on a rocky promontory at the foot of the Sasso di San Defendente on the east bank of Lake Como at the mouth of the Esino River and includes the fractions of Fiumelatte and Pino . It has a small old fishing port. The neighboring municipalities are: Bellagio (CO), Esino Lario , Griante (CO), Lierna , Menaggio (CO), Oliveto Lario and Perledo .

history

The name Varenna first appeared in the history of Milan in 493. The deacon Grato of Monza mentioned the fishing village in a deed from 769.

At the time of the communes it was allied with Milan and was destroyed in 1126 by Como , the enemy of the latter . In 1169 it granted asylum to the survivors of the island of Comacina , which was destroyed along with the castle and churches of Como. They named the neighborhood where they settled Insula nova. It became the second name of the whole community that soon became the richest on Lake Como. The exodus of the Comacians and the helpfulness of the Varennesi are celebrated annually on St. John's Day. The well-known master craftsmen of Comacina are the descendants of these refugees.

As part of the Archdiocese of Milan, the Ambrosian rite is used in Varenna alongside the Roman rite .

traffic

Varenna is on the railway line from Milan to Sondrio and Tirano in Valtellina or to Chiavenna .

A car ferry connects Varenna with Cadenabbia and Menaggio on the west bank and with Bellagio . There are also boat connections to various other places on the lake.

Attractions

The parish church of San Giorgio (12th - 14th centuries) from 1313 with its high bell tower, the lake promenade, the Castello di Vezio as well as the Villa Monastero (19th - 20th centuries) and the Villa Cipressi (16th - 20th centuries) are worth seeing . 17th century).

Events

The Enrico Fermi summer schools of the Italian Society for Physics have been held annually in Villa Monastero since 1954 .

Personalities

Giovanni Pietro dei Brentani (* around 1430 in Varenna; † after 1468 there), painter

Santino Petrovich Campioni (* 1774 in Varenna, † 1847 in Moscow), Russian sculptor

Andrea Brenta (* 1812 in Varenna; † April 11, 1849 in Como), patriot, shot

Giovanni Battista Pirelli (* 1848 in Varenna, † 1932 in Milan), founder of the Pirelli tire company

literature

Armanda Capeder: L'uomo dei due laghi, vita straordinaria di Andrea Brenta, patriota. Periplo Edizioni, Lecco 1996, ISBN 88-86113-33-1 .
Vittorio Adami: Andrea Brenta da Varenna. Arti Grafiche Bari, Como 1924.
Giovanni Casaura (Ed.): Andrea Brenta Patriota comasco del Risorgimento. Aletti editore, Villalba di Guidonia 2011.
Franco Bartolini: Lario nascosto. Edizione Editoriale, Como, 2006