Porlezza

Porlezza
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
Coordinates	46 ° 2 ' N , 9 ° 8' E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '0 " N , 9 ° 7' 30" E
height	275 m slm
surface	18.64 km²
Residents	4,947 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	265 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22018
prefix	0344
ISTAT number	013189
Popular name	porlezzesi or porlezzini
Patron saint	Victor of Milan ( May 8 )
Website	Porlezza

The municipality of Porlezza in the province of Como

Porlezza

Porlezza, in the background the Pizzo di Gino

Porlezza lake shore

Porlezza from the east

Cima faction

Porlezza is a municipality on the east bank of Lake Lugano in northern Italy with 4947 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality belongs to the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality of Porlezza covers an area of 18.64 km² and covers the districts: Agria , Begna , Cima and Tavordo . The neighboring municipalities are: Bene Lario , Carlazzo , Claino con Osteno , Corrido (Lombardy) , Tremezzina , Ponna , Val Rezzo and Valsolda .

population

Population development
year	1771	1799	1805	1809	1853	1871	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2011	2019
Residents	748	677	1044	* 957	1222	2095	2122	2000	2269	2272	3041	3928	4661	4976

Merger with Tavordo in 1809.

traffic

The municipality is located on the road from Lugano to Menaggio ( Lake Como ). The part along Lake Lugano has been partially expanded in recent years by tunnels. The planned tunnel between the Swiss border and Porlezza (7 km of the Statale Regina 340) should have opened in February 2011. The opening of the tunnel, which has been under construction for 25 years, was initially postponed until September 2011. The tunnel was opened to traffic in early October 2012. There are also boat connections across Lake Lugano to Lugano and the towns along the lake.

Between 1884 and 1939 the Menaggio-Porlezza railway ran between Menaggio on Lake Como and the town.

Attractions

Provost church of San Vittore and oratory of San Giovanni Battista with frescoes (14th century)
Beata Vergine dei Miracoli church
Santa Marta Church
Beata Vergine Assunta Church (1581)
Oratory of San Rocco
Romanesque church of San Maurizio
Oratory of San Carlo in the Lugino di Tavordo fraction

Oratorio San Giuseppe in the Begna fraction

Il Conventino (little monastery)

Personalities

Carlo Sangalli

literature

M. Cianci: La Pastorale Diocesana rivisitata nella Pieve di Porlezza attraverso i tre santi cardinali: Borromeo, Ferrari e Schuster. Tesi di Baccellierato, 2005.
Anna Ferrari Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida Lombardia. TCI, Milano 1987, pp. 311-312.
Alverio Gualandria: Il San Maurizio di Porlezza. Gruppo Alpini Val Rezzo Porlezza, 2nd edizione, 2016; Idem: Porlezza, il suo lago e la sua valle. Edizioni Cairoli, 1970; Idem: Porlezza - Storia - Arte - Statuti - Artisti - Documenti. Attilio Sampietro Editore, Menaggio 2004.
Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Porlezza Online