Chiare, fresche e dolci acque

Photographic tours of Lake Como at Villa Carlotta

FRIDAY 12 APRIL – SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2019

An exhibition that traces a century of Larian life and the history of photography. The works on display are part of a private fund of over 3,000 photographs, collected with wisdom and meticulousness by the collector from Como, Ruggero Pini. A journey that starts in the nineteenth century with Luigi Sacchi and Pompeo Pozzi and ends with the snapshots of Alfred Stieglitz.

Phone: +39 0344 40405

Email: segreteria@villacarlotta.it 

Website: www.villacarlotta.it

Berenice Abbott Topographies in Lecco

Photography exhibition at Palazzo delle Paure

SATURDAY 20 APRIL – SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2019

The exhibition, curated by Anne Morin and Piero Pozzi, in collaboration with the Municipality of Lecco and Si.M.U.L. (Sistema Museale Urbano Lecchese), produced and created by Di Chroma Photography and ViDi – Visit Different, presents 80 black and white photographs that retrace the salient stages of the entire artistic production of the American photographer.

From his beginnings as an assistant to the surrealist photographer Man Ray, where he made his first portraits, to his commitment to elevating scientific phenomena to works of art using the photographic medium, passing through the famous series dedicated to documenting the great changes taking place in the New York of 1929, at the time of the Great Depression: these are the nodal points identified to summarize Abbott’s career, declined in special sections within the exhibition.

The exhibition, open from 20 April to 8 September 2019, opens the season of the great exhibitions at Palazzo delle Paure.

Opening hours: TUE – FRI: 09.30 AM – 07.00 PM; SAT – SUN – Holidays: 10.00 AM – 07.00 PM; Mondays closed.

Special openings: Easter Day 21 April: 10.00 AM – 12.30 PM and 02.30 – 07.00 PM; Monday 22 April 10.00 AM – 07.00 PM; 1 May: 10.00 AM – 12.30 PM and 02.30 – 07.00 PM

Tickets: adult: € 9,00 | reduced: € 7,00 (14-18 years old, over 65, groups more 15 people) | school: € 5,00 | child: € 5,00 (6-13 years old)

Phone: +39 0341 271874

Email: turismo@comune.lecco.it

Website: www.comune.lecco.it

Lake Como Light Festival

Lake Como Light Festival 2019 – Moonlight events around Como

FRIDAY 3 MAY – THURSDAY 23 MAY 2019

Light Festival is connected to the scientific tradition of Como, born place of Alessandro Volta. The Festival is organized by Fondazione Alessandro Volta and Associazione Città della Luce.

Slim programme:

• 03.05 – Università Insubria – Interactive Exhibition “Moon”
• 03.05 – Silk Museum of Como – Photographic Exhibition “Silky Moon”
• 03.05 – Public Library Como – Conference “Moon and Psyche”
• 05.05 – Teatro Sociale Como – Meeting  “Jocelyn  Bell  Burnell  – Cosmic  Fireworks
• 06.05 – Teatro di Rebbio – Meeting “Moon in poetry”
• 11.05 – Villa Imbonati – Event “Moonlight reflections”
• 11.05 – Diga Foranea Como – Event “A beam of light for Volta”
• 12.05 – Paolo Giovio Museum – Concert “Moonlight Concert”
• 16.05 – Teatro Sociale Como – World Light Day – “From Galileo to Moon landing”
• 18.05 – Piazza Duomo Como – Event “Walking with Pescaluna”
• 23.05 – Ass. Cometa – Charity Dinner

Detailed programme of all the events, show and meetings around Lake Como on the website.

Phone: +39 031 579822

Email: margherita.canepa@fondazionealessandrovolta.it

Website: www.festivaldellaluce.net

Silk Moon

A new exhibition at Silk Museum in collaboration with Lake Como Festival della Luce 2019

FROM SATURDAY 4TH MAY TO THURSDAY 23 MAY 2019

The exhibited art- works, whose leitmotiv is the moon in all its phases, shapes and sides, create a unique ode to the moon, the celestial body that has always been inspiring dreams, loves, talks, studies, enchantments and magic.
Edoardo Romagnoli works and lives in Milan. Since the Nineties, he has been developing his artistic research and showing exhibits in Italy and abroad. The Moon is the subject of a never-ending observation: Romagnoli transforms it into the main character of his long experimentations, with each picture, renewing the original charm that fascinated him.

Phone: +39 39 031 303 180

Email: info@museosetacomo.com

Info: www.museosetacomo.com

Temporary Ghisallo Museum

A special journey through memorabilia, images, voices and video projections

SATURDAY 4 – MONDAY 27 MAY 2019

The “Temporary Ghisallo Museum” exhibition will offer a special journey through memorabilia, images, voices and video projections.
You will see and experience memories, emotions, sweaters and bicycles, unique pieces from the collection of the Madonna del Ghisallo museum in Magreglio, with photographs and videos. At the center of this exhibition there will be three bicycles particularly important for their history and the sporting endeavors that they recall: they are the bicycles of Gino Bartali (Legnano 1948), Fiorenzo Magni (used in the Giro 1955 – winner) and of Fausto Coppi.

In addition to representing a passionate tribute of Como to the Giro, this review will be a story in the story that looks up towards the museum of Magreglio and towards the Grigna, which recalls Lombardy, which takes us back to the 1987 sprint by Paolo Rosola on the finish line in Como , which links memories and emotions of the Giro in a string of colors, referring to the history of the Santuario del Ghisallo among the memories of Fausto Coppi in the year of his centenary, when the Campionissimo became the protagonist with his rival-friend Bartali of an unforgettable pilgrimage.

Historical Mills Fest

Three days of special openings in Colico

SATURDAY 18 – SUNDAY 19 – MONDAY 20 MAY 2019

Molino Maufet, Molino Seregni, Molino del Secrista, Molino Murgana and Latteria di Villatico (Colico – Lecco) open thier doors to be explored in the ancient village of Villatico during the European Days of Historical Mills, promoted by AIAMS – Associazione Italiana Amici dei Mulini Storici – Nazionale and Comune di Colico. Three days of flavours, views and traditions in a place where the lake and the mountains make unforgettable atmospheres.

The event wants to promote the architectural and cultural heritage of this land. All the mills will host several events dedicated to families and kids, food and traditions, experiences and history.

Phone: +39 366 74 04 948

Email: info@molinomaufet.com

Website: www.molunomaufet.com/events

WONDERFUL LOSERS

Projection of Wonderful Losers in Como, a documentary film directed by Arunas Matelis

23 MAY 2019, H. 08.30 PM

In honour of the most important event of Italian cycling – Giro d’Italia – Cinema Gloria in Como presents the documentary film Wonderful Losers, directed by the Lituanian director Arunas Matelis.

The documentary film recounts the efforts, fatigues and sacrifices of the assistant cyclists, figures which are too often forgotten in cycling, and does it in a new way, entering for the first time in Giro d’Italia.

The movie gives voice to the heroism and humanity of these athletes, who struggle to give their personal contribution to the final victory of their captain. A wonderful film that is also a metaphor for life, where talent, commitment, sacrifice are put at the service of the team to reach greater successes.

Website: Facebook Event

Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

The Symphony of Engines – 2019 edition of the greatest event on Lake Como

FRIDAY 24 MAY – SUNDAY 26 MAY 2019

The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este owes its privileged status among the world’s most prestigious heritage events for historic vehicles to a number of unique attributes. These include the elegance of the event, its long and illustrious tradition, the unrivalled flair experienced at the majestic Grand Hotel Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como and the small, select groups of participants.

The Grand Hotel Villa d’Este is one of the world’s most iconic hotels, located on the shores of Lake Como. The grounds and parkland offer guests and visitors the opportunity to admire around 50 Historic Cars built between the 1920s and 1980s.

From Friday 24th May to Sunday 26th May 2019, the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and Villa Erba will be the exclusive and unique settings for this traditional event where guests will be privileged to admire the finest historic cars and motorcycles of their eras.

In 2019, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este will be represented by the motto:

The Symphony of Engines – 90 Years of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este & BMW Automobiles

The field of participants will again be presented in eight classes.
The Selecting Committee is delighted to present the first four of them:

• Daring to Dream: Concepts Which Rocked the Motoring World
• Baby You Can Drive My Car: Singing Stars’ Cars
• Goodbye Roaring Twenties: The Class of 1929
• Speeding Against the Clock: Endurance Racing Legends

An exclusive panel of Jury members led by Jury President Lorenzo Ramaciotti will award the Best of Show prize – the BMW Group Trophy. This is conferred for an extraordinary automobile which expresses beauty, passion and uniqueness. The public will choose their favourite car by Public Referendum on the Saturday at Villa d’Este. The prize awarded for the darling of the public is the Coppa d’Oro Villa d’Este.

Visitors to the three-day event in Cernobbio will also be able to look forward to the heritage highlights presented in the grounds of Villa Erba. One of these is the famous Concorso di Motociclette.

In 2019, the beauty contest for Historic Motorcycles will once more include six motorcycle classes.
The Selecting Committee is proud to present them all already:

• Still in Action: Motorcycles more than 100 Years Old
• Sound and Style: The New Motorcycles of 1929
• Promenade Percy: Sportsman’s Wear
• 50 Years Ago: Trendsetters for Future Success
• Two-Wheeled Guards: To Protect and To Serve
• Concept Bikes: New Design and Prototypes by Manufacturers and Independents

Phone: +49 89 127 644 527

Email: guest-relation@concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com

Web Site: concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com

Badinerie – Mario Carbotta, Carlo Balzaretti

Flute and piano concert in Villa Carlotta

FRIDAY 24 MAY 2019, 05.30 – 07.30 PM

An unmissable music appointment with Mario Carbotta and Carlo Balzaretti and their flute and piano performance in the beautiful frame of Villa Carlotta and Lake Como.

From the famous Bach’s Badinerie to the virtuosity of Briccialdi who got great success in the salons of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, to get to one of the most famous and complex pieces for flute on another opera that everyone knows: Bizet’s Carmen.

Email: info@amadeusarte.com

Website: www.lakecomofestival.com

Una Gondola a Lecco

Gondola tour experience on Lake Como

SATURDAY 25 MAY 2019, 03.30 – 06.30 PM

The Lucie of the Manzoniano Lucie Group, will parade along with some typical Venetian boats, including a gondola that, from Friday 24th will remain on display, moored near the floating platform on the lakeside of Lecco.

Possibility for citizens and tourists to take short tours of the Lucie, the Gondola and the typical Venetian boats.

Other “green” water transport vehicles will participate, such as waterbikes and “Lecco” skivasses, designed by Pietro Vassena in the 1930s.

In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed to Sunday 26 May from 10:00 to 12:00

Website: www.gruppomanzonianolucie.it

Movie Tour Lecco

Discover the movie sets around Lecco

SATURDAY 25 MAY 2019, 03.00 PM

A walk through history and cinema. The FAI Giovani Group of Lecco and Lecco Film Commission invite you to take a walk through the historic center of Lecco between history and cinema, where the secrets of films and scenes shot in the city in various films will be revealed. The guided tour will consist of various stages along the historic center with a final stop in Pescarenico.

Email: lecco@faigiovani.fondoambiente.it

Spring at Villa Sucota and KM Conoscenza

Openings with labs and events in the park and in the villa

SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS, 10.00 AM – 07.00 PM

From Easter until 23 June the KM Conoscenza is open every Sundays and public holidays from 10.00 AM to 07.00 PM

A rich calendar of events awaits you at Villa Sucota:

• 22 April – 28 April – 5 May – 19 May – 2 June – 16 June: the Mud-Artlabs cultural association proposes a series of creative meetings for all ages in the greenhouses. During the workshops, the participants will be able to experiment with different materials creating small objects inspired by various cultures and will experience the languages ​​of contemporary art.
• 28 April – 12 May – 26 May: in the Conference Room of the Antonio Ratti Foundation the films of the JET LAG exhibition will be screened, a cinematographic itinerary through five films by great masters, from Peter Brook to Takeshi Kitano
• From 16 April to 25 June: visit the Rossella Biscotti Clara and Other Speciments exhibition, open to the public free of charge from 10.00 AM to 07.00 PM

Phone: +39 031 33384976

Email: info@fondazioneratti.org

Website: www.fondazioneratti.org

Baradello Sundays and Nights Openings

Sundays openings with guided tours and special night experiences

SUNDAYS, 10.00 AM

Castle Baradello is the symbol of the city, located in a strategic panoramic point. From the tower, you can enjoy a breath-taking view above Lake Como, from Switzerland to Milan. The museum tour drives you across the times, from the origins of Como to modern times.

The guided tours last about 30 minutes, mandatory booking, small group.

Phone: +39 031 211131

Email: segreteria@spinaverde.it

Web Site: www.spinaverde.it

Church of Pescarenico Special Opening

The Church of Fra Cristoforo in Lecco open for visit

SUNDAYS 03.00 – 06.00 PM

Special opening of the Church in Pescarenico, where was set the convent of Fra Cristoforo, one of the main characters of The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), written by Alessandro Manzoni.

Free visits of guided tour for groups.

The building, which not coincidentally overlooks the square dedicated to the Manzonian figure of Father Cristoforo, presents the typical structure of the Franciscan churches, characterized by a simple nave with a gable roof and transverse arches. The rectangular presbytery is dominated by a barrel vault, while the apse behind presents a quadrangular perimeter.

For any information for group contact directly the association of the Church.

Phone: +39 0341 350693 | +39 349 3564761

E-mail: suedemaron@libero.it | susanna.demaron@gmail.com

Visit Villa La Collina

Extraordinary opening and tour of Villa La Collina

SUNDAY 26 MAY 2019, 03.30 – 05.00 PM

Villa La Collina was built in 1899 on the ruins of a medieval tower, part of an ancient system of sighting and signaling of the Larian territory. Thanks to its position, with a splendid view of the Bellagio promontory, and the natural beauty of the context in which it is located, Konrad Adenauer, the first German Chancellor of the German Republic, chose it as his summer residence and lived there for about ten years until his death. In this house the Chancellor hosted heads of state and government from all over the world and, in his rooms, the idea of a united Europe took shape, which materialized with the Treaty of Rome. After the death of Adenauer, the villa was purchased by the German Mr. Busbeck who restructured it and created a park of 27,000 square meters. , characterizing it from marvelous avenues with ornamental plants and breathtaking panoramic points. Later the villa passed to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which still runs it. During the visit it will be possible to admire spectacular views towards Bellagio and the lake, stroll along the paths of the romantic park and learn about the interiors of the villa, such as the dining room and Adenauer’s private rooms.

Phone: +39 338-3090011

Email:  info@villago.it

Website: www.villago.it

Grand Road Italia

Motor loved event from Venice to Montecarlo passing Lake Como

FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

The Grand Road Italia is the new event conceived and organized by Mantova Corse, the same organizational machine of the “Gran Premio Nuvolari”. Reserved for a modern supercar, the 2019 edition offers an exciting journey between Venice and Montecarlo, thus combining the Adriatic Sea with the Tyrrhenian Sea in an imaginary 1,000 km panoramic bridge.

The Grand Road Italia combines two main souls: the tourist one and the regular one. Ideal for those not particularly experienced in motor racing, but want to enjoy the pleasure of driving of their own supercar.

Venice, Lake Como, the Lingotto in Turin and Montecarlo are the four exclusive locations chosen as the start and finish of the 3 stages, linked together by scenic routes identified and selected to improve the natural beauty of this part of Italy. Exclusive evenings in magical environments will delight participants from all over the world.

On Friday 31 May the trip starts from Venice to reach Lake Como (Hilton Lake Como), passing through Bassano del Grappa, Trentino, Parco Naturale Adamello.

After the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the glamour and the beauties of roaring engines continue to animate the views of Lake Como.

Phone: +39 0376 322003

E-mail: org@mantovacorse.it

Website: www.grandroad.it