Colico

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Colico
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Colico (Italy)
Colico
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Lecco  (LC)
Local name Còlegh / Còlich
Coordinates 46 ° 8 '  N , 9 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 '0 "  N , 9 ° 22' 0"  E
height 214  m slm
surface 35 km²
Residents 7,960 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 227 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23823
prefix 0341
ISTAT number 097023
Popular name colichesi
Patron saint Saint George ( April 23 )
Website Colico
The municipality of Colico within the province of Lecco
Colico

Colico is a municipality on Lake Como in the province of Lecco in Lombardy , Italy, and is 76 km north of Milan on the northeastern shore of Lake Como . The Adda , the largest tributary, flows into the lake here.

geography

With an area of ​​35.3 km² and a population of 7960 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) Colico is the most important city in the north of Lake Como. and includes the fractions Colico Piano (main town), Curcio , Laghetto , Olgiasca , Piona , Villatico , Posallo , Fontanedo , Palerma , Borgonuovo , La Cà , Fumiarga , Corte and San Rocco .

The neighboring communities are Consiglio di Rumo ( CO ), Delebio ( SO ), Domaso (CO), Dongo (CO), Dorio , Gera Lario (CO), Gravedona (CO), Musso (CO), Pagnona , Pianello del Lario (CO ), Piantedo (SO), Valvarrone and Vercana (CO).

Colico in July 2014 towards evening

history

The Fuentes Fortress after its completion

In 1603/1604 the Fuentes fortress was built in Colico . Colico came under Austrian rule in 1735. During the time of the Lombard-Venetian Empire (1815–1866), the major roads connecting Milan-Lecco-Colico, the Adda and Mera valleys and roads over the Alpine passes to Central Europe were laid out. In 1861 Colico became part of the new Kingdom of Italy with Lombardy .

Population development
1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2007 2013 2019
3013 3877 3866 3967 4154 4458 5093 5934 6257 7203 7683 7921
Source: ISTAT

traffic

  • Colico is on the Milan - Lecco - Tirano railway , which is connected to the Bernina Railway . There is also a train connection to Chiavenna .
  • In Colico, two major motorways meet: the SS 36 runs through the village from Milan via Lecco to Chiavenna, where there are continuations over the Malojapass into the Engadine and over the Splügenpass into the valley of the Hinterrhein ; the SS 38 is a continuation of the Westuferstraße (SS 340 and SS 340dir) which, coming from Como , accompanies Lake Como. The SS 38 leads from Colico through Valtellina via Sondrio and Bormio to the Stilfser Joch and from there down to Merano and Bozen in South Tyrol .
  • There are regular boat connections to Como across the lake , with normal scheduled boats and the faster catamaran.

Sports facilities

Preparation for kitesurfing on Colico beach

Colico owes its location to the Breva with relatively constant wind conditions in the summer months, which ensure that the place is popular with surfers and kite surfers .

Attractions

Church ruins of the fortress Fuentes
Piona Abbey
Piona Abbey, frescoes
  • An important cultural monument is the well-preserved Cistercian monastery Abbazia di Piona , also called Priorato di Piona , a monastery complex from the 12th century on a peninsula, about 3 km southwest of Colico. The monks sell monastery products there.
  • The fortress Fuentes and the Forte Montecchio Nord , built between 1912 and 1914, are also included in the sights.
  • San Giorgio Church
  • Church of Mary in the Fontanedo fraction
  • Church of San Nicola in the Olgiasca fraction
  • Church of San Bernardino in the hamlet of Villatico
  • Romanesque church of San Rocco at the foot of Mount Legnones
  • Church of Santi Angeli Custodi in the Curcio fraction
  • Villa Malpensata
  • Villa Osio
  • Mirabello Palace in the Olgiasca fraction
  • Different watchtowers
  • Various hunting towers ( Roccoli )

Parish partnership

Colico has had a partnership with Wolfegg in Oberschwaben (Germany) since 1986 .

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 343.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Còlico Online .

Web links

Commons : Colico  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Fuentes Fortress at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  3. ↑ Eberhard Fohrer: Travel Guide to Lake Como . 2015, p. 69f. ( online )
  4. ↑ Abbazia di Piona (photo)
  5. ↑ Forte Montecchio (photo)
  6. ^ Museum Fortress Montecchio near Colico