Gera Lario
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Como (CO) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 10 ' N , 9 ° 22' E | |
height | 210 m slm | |
surface | 6 km² | |
Residents | 1,035 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 173 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 22010 | |
prefix | 0344 | |
ISTAT number | 013107 | |
Patron saint | Vincent of Valencia ( January 22nd ) | |
Website | Gera Lario | |
Gera Lario |
Gera Lario is a municipality with 1035 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy in Italy .
geography
Gera Lario is located on the north shore of Lake Como at the mouth of the Gera stream at the foot of the Montemezzo mountain .
history
Gera Lario is an old fishing village that was founded in Roman times . The place was important at that time because it was on the Roman road Via Regina , which connected Como with the Val Chiavenna and Raetia . In addition to fishing, Gera Lario also farmed and raised silk spiders . The name of the village probably comes from the ancient Greek word leréus for priest . The place was a base for the Spanish troops during the clashes with the Grisons from the Valtellina . In 1482 Gera Lario received ecclesiastical autonomy. A flood on August 8, 1951 killed 17 community citizens and severely damaged the pilgrimage church of Nostra Signora di Fatima , built in 1634 .
Attractions
- Parish Church of San Vincenzo (15th century)
- Church of Nostra Signora di Fatima (1614)
Sons and daughters of the church
- Giovan Battista Buzzi-Cantone (1825–1898), educator and editor in Switzerland
- Tullio Baraglia (1934-2017), rower
Picture gallery
literature
- Diocesi di Como: La Diocesi di Como. Dati e note per il 2005. Lipomo 2005.
- Daniele Pescarmona, Marco Rossi, Alessandro Rovetta: Alto Lario Occidentale. Como 1992.
- VV.AA .: Gera Lario. La sua Chiesa, la sua terra, la sua gente. Como 1988.
- VV.AA .: Il S. Vincenzo in Gera Lario. Maslianico 1965.
- Alberto Traversi Montani: Notes of the Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime, Gera Lario: Santuario di nostra Signora di Fatima. Dongo 2005.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Parish Church of San Vincenzo (photo)
- ↑ Church of Nostra Signora di Fatima (photo)