Ossuccio

Ossuccio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
local community	Tremezzina
Coordinates	45 ° 58 ′ N , 9 ° 11 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E
surface	8 km²

Ex municipality Ossuccio in the province of Como

Ossuccio on Lake Como

San Benedetto Church in Val Perlana

Isola comacina

Sacro Monte Beata Vergine del Soccorso

Ossuccio is an Italian town in the province of Como in the Lombardy region . Until 1928 and from 1947 to 2014 Ossuccio was a separate municipality, since then it has belonged to Tremezzina .

On December 31, 2013, the community had 1005 inhabitants. The place is 28 kilometers north of Como on Lake Como . The neighboring municipalities are Colonno , Lenno , Lezzeno , Ponna , Porlezza and Sala Comacina . Many residents work directly or indirectly in tourism.

Population development

Attractions

On the outskirts of the city you can visit the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio , one of the "sacred mountains" of Piedmont and Lombardy , which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003 .

Romanesque church of Sant'Eufemia

Santa Maria Maddalena Church, in the Ospedaletto district

Romanesque church of Sant'Agata

Romanesque oratory of San Giacomo, in the Spurano district (11th – 12th centuries) with frescoes (13th – 15th centuries)

Romanesque church of San Giovanni on Isola Comacina

San Benedetto Church, in Val Perlana

Villa del Balbiano

Antiquarium Luigi Mario Belloni e Mariuccia Zecchinelli

Culture

Associazione Culturale "Isola Comacina"
Associazione San Benedetto
Associazione Sportiva La Soccorsina
Coro Pieve d'Isola
Gruppo Alpini
ProLoco di Ossuccio

literature

Andrea Spiriti: Alpi Lepontine Meridionali. Ossuccio, Como 1994.
Luigi Mario Belloni, Mariuccia Zecchinelli, D. Caporusso: L'Isola Comacina e il territorio di Ossuccio. Cronache e ricerche archeologiche negli scritti di Luigi Mario Belloni e Mariuccia Belloni Zecchinelli. Milan 1998.