Lenno

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Lenno
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Como  (CO)
local community Tremezzina
Coordinates 45 ° 58 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '20 "  N , 9 ° 11' 40"  E
surface 9 km²
Demonym Lennesi
patron Stephen ( December 26th )
Church day December 26th
Telephone code 0344 CAP 22016
Ex municipality of Lenno in the province of Como
Lenno
Baptistery

Lenno was a municipality with 1873 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013) in the Italian province of Como in the Lombardy region .

geography

Lenno is located on Lake Como on Strada statale 340 (state road) between Ossuccio and Mezzegra .

Community merger

From 1928 to 1947 Lenno belonged together with Mezzegra and Tremezzo to the municipality of Tremezzina . 4242 inhabitants lived in the community (as of 1936). In 1947 it was dissolved and the three founding communities regained their independence.

Lenno is now part of the new municipality of Tremezzina , which was formed on February 4, 2014 through the merger of the municipalities of Lenno, Mezzegra , Tremezzo and Ossuccio . An advisory referendum took place in the four municipalities on December 1, 2013, in which 63% of voters gave a positive opinion on the draft.

In November 2013 the population was 5,124.

Personalities

  • Don Umberto Marmori (* 1885 Ponna ; † January 18, 1945 Cernobbio ), priest, patriot, anti-fascist
  • Francesco Colombo (* 1898; † April 28, 1945 in Lenno), Commander in Chief of the Legione Autonoma Mobile Ettore Muti
  • Oscar Cantoni (* 1950 in Lenno), Bishop of Como
  • Corrado Lamberti (born May 6, 1947 in Lenno), astrophysicist and science journalist

Attractions

  • The main attraction is the Villa del Balbianello
  • Santo Stefano Collegiate Church
  • Romanesque baptistery
  • Romanesque church of Sant'Andrea
  • Villa Aureggi
  • Santissima Trinità church

literature

  • VV.AA .: Lenno in Tremezzina. Dalla sua storia le radici per il futuro. Milan 2000.

Web links

Commons : Lenno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DLCpS, August 20, 1947, n.977
  2. ↑ ISTAT only gives the data for Tremezzo until today (June 17, 2015)
  3. ↑ Villa del Balbianello on lombardiabeniculturali.it/
  4. ↑ Collegiate Church of Santo Stefano
  5. ↑ Romanesque Baptistery (photo)
  6. ^ Romanesque Church of Sant'Andrea
  7. ↑ Villa Aureggi
  8. ^ Church of Santissima Trinità