Al pubblico fino a PARTITION OF PLACES BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Lecco pag. 5 Lecco pag. 5 The Lake pag. 9 Abbadia Lariana pag. 9 Bellano pag. 9 Colico pag. 10 Dervio pag. 12 Lierna pag. 13 Mandello del Lario pag. 14 Varenna pag. 15 The Brianza area pag. 18 Annone di Brianza pag. 18 Barzanò pag. 19 Bosisio Parini pag. 19 Brivio pag. 20 Bulciago pag. 20 Calco pag. 20 Casatenovo pag. 21 Cassago Brianza pag. 21 Civate pag. 22 River Adda pag. 23 Galbiate pag. 24 Garlate pag. 26 Imbersago pag. 27 Merate pag. 27 Missaglia pag. 29 Montevecchia pag. 30 Monticello Brianza pag. 32 Oggiono pag. 32 Olgiate Molgora pag. 33 Olginate pag. 33 2 Osnago pag. 34 Sirtori pag. 34 Valmadrera pag. 34 Verderio pag. 35 Valsassina, Val d’Esino and Valvarrone pag. 36 Barzio pag. 36 Cortenova pag. 36 Esino Lario pag. 36 Margno – Pian delle Betulle pag. 37 Moggio pag. 37 Morterone pag. 38 Piani Resinelli pag. 38 Premana pag. 38 Primaluna pag. 39 Vestreno pag. 40 Vendrogno pag. 41 Valle San Martino pag. 41 Calolziocorte pag. 41 Carenno pag. 43 Vercurago pag. 43 3 KEY OF SYMBOLS Archaeology: in this category you find museums e archaeological sites Industrial archaeology: in this category you find museums on history of industry and factories. Art : in this category you find art galleries, churches, art museums and villas Culture: in this category you find buildings and other historical and literary constructions Gardens: in this category you find botanical gardens Park/Nature: in this category you find natural parks and ecomuseums Science: in this category you find laboratories, naturalistic museums and planetariums SYSTEM OF MEMBERSHIP = member of the “Sistema Museale della provincia di Lecco” (network of the museums of the province of Lecco) = member of the Sistema Museale Urbano Lecchese (network of the musems of the city of Lecco) 4 LECCO Villa Manzoni (Manzonian Museum and Civic Gallery of Art) Via Don Guanella, 1 For information: Direzione Musei - Phone +39 0341 481247 - +39 0341 481249 - Fax +39 0341 369251 www.museilecco.org - [email protected] The exhibition center of Villa Manzoni hosts the Manzoni Museum, the Civic Gallery of Art, the Archive (including the Fondo Manoscritti with precious manuscripts by Manzoni), the specialized library (20,000 volumes, including the Antique Fund and the Fund Manzoni) and photo library (with materials on the territory of Lecco. The museum had been the mansion of the Manzoni family for two centuries. It was sold by the writer in 1818 to the Scola’s, who maintained it unchanged until the 1960s, when it was given to the Municipality of Lecco. Alessandro Manzoni spent his childhood and adolescence in this house. Today the building hosts the Manzonian Museum, which exhibits in 10 rooms first editions, manuscripts and memorabilia of the life and works of Alessandro Manzoni. In the first floor rooms you can still see the original furnishings belonged to the writer. The Civic Gallery of Art exhibits works made by artists who have worked in the area of Lecco from the 16 th to the 20 th century. The collection includes 400 paintings and 2000 prints and engravings. • Open from Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 to 18:00. On Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. • Closed on Mondays (except Easter Monday) and on main holidays (New Year’s Eve, Easter, 1 st May, Christmas and December 26 th ). • Admission: € 2.00 special reduced ticket for partial visit of Villa Manzoni for the period of the restoration. • Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Palazzo Belgiojoso – Museo di Storia Naturale, Museo Archeologico, Museo Storico e Planetario Città di Lecco Corso Matteotti, 32 For information: Direzione Musei - Phone +39 0341 481248 - www.museilecco.org - [email protected] Planetario Città di Lecco: Gruppo Astrofoli Deep Space - Phone +39 0341 367584 – Mobile Phone +39 328 8985316 www.deepspace.it - [email protected] Situated in the district of Castello, one of the oldest district of Lecco, the Palace is a precious building dating back to the late 18 th century and today the house of Musei Civici: the Archaeological Museum (eight rooms with relics from all over the province, dating from the Medium Paleolithic period to the High Middle Ages and Celtic grave goods from the First and Second Iron Age and the early medieval goldsmith works); the Museum of Natural History (which exhibits in twelve rooms zoological, mineralogical, malacological and palaeontological collections among which is the extremely rare “Lariosauro”); the History Museum (which displays collections regarding the contemporary history of the Lecco area, divided in the Risorgimento Room, the Lecco Industry Virtual Room and the Resistance Room). Opened in January 2005, the Planetarium is situated in a completely new wing of the Palace and it represents one of the best structure of this type in Italy. The room shows an exhibition of astronomical equipment (binoculars, telescopes, etc.) and reproduces the sky as it appears to the naked eye, with extreme realism and charm. But the heart of the Planetarium is the computerized projection system of the 5 latest generation which can project the image of 3200 stars on a dome which acts as a screen. The Planetarium organizes projections, conferences and observations for adults and students. Every year April it hosts the National Astronautics Convention. • Museums: open from Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 to 14:00. On Saturday and Sunday open from 10:00 to 18:00. • Closed on Mondays (except Easter Monday) and on main holidays (New Year’s Eve, Easter, 1 st May, Christmas and December 26 th ). • Admission: € 4,00 reduced ticket (due to the inaccessibility of some rooms); free for the guide of groups of more than 15 people, for disabled people and for children up to 5 years old. • Last admission 30 minutes before closing. • Planetarium : open on Sundays with projection in the dome at 16:00; on the first and third Saturday of the month events for children (age 3-7) at 15:00 and 16:30; open on Fridays at 21:00 based on the program available on the website. Special openings based on the program available on the website. Closed on Easter, in August and on Christmas. • Admission: € 6,00 single ticket; € 4,00 reduced ticket. Torre Viscontea (Viscontea Tower) Piazza XX Settembre For information: Phone +39 0341 282396 - Direzione Musei: Phone +39 0341 481247 - +39 0341 481249 www.museilecco.org - [email protected] Until 1782 the town of Lecco was completely fortified with walls which bound it in a unusual triangular shape. That year, according to some reforms required by the emperor Giuseppe II, the castle and walls were demolished. The Tower, the keep of the castle, remained up and, after having been restored by the architect Giuseppe Bovara in 1816, it was used as a prison. In 1932, after further restoration, the Tower was given to the City of Lecco by the State in order to become the History Museum of the city and nowadays it hosts temporary exhibitions. • Open during temporary exhibitions. • Open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 14:00; from Thursday to Sunday from 15:00 to 18:00. • Closed on Mondays (except Easter Monday), on main holidays (New Year’s Eve, Easter, 1 st May, Christmas and December 26 th ) and in August. • Free admission. • Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Palazzo delle Paure (Palace of Fears) Piazza XX Settembre, 22 For information: Phone +39 0341 286729 - Direzione Musei Phone +39 0341 481247 - +39 0341 481249 - Fax +39 0341 369251 - www.museilecco.org - http://osservatorioalpinisticolecchese.com/ - [email protected] Constructed in 1916, the building hosted the offices of the land, taxes and duties where the citizens would go to pay taxes. Its lines recall medieval and Renaissance architectural features, an eclectic combination not unpleasant although sometimes approximate. Around 1926 the building was completed with a tower with simple and three-lights windows. The side of the tower overlooking Piazza XX 6 Settembre was enriched with a marble coat of arms showing the Visconti snake, dating back perhaps to the 14 th century, which was once above the main door of the old Customs House. It now hosts temporary exhibitions and the Section of Contemporary Art, of Graphics and Photography of the City Art Gallery, Osservatorio Alpinistico Lecchese and Polo della Montagna, where artifacts and documents belonging to CAI Lecco are collected. • Open from Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 to 19:00; on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00. • Closed on Mondays (except Easter Monday) and on main holidays (New Year’s Eve, Easter, 1 st May, Christmas and December 26 th ). • Admission: € 6,00 single ticket; € 4,00 reduced ticket (up to 18 and over 65 and for groups of more than 8 people); free for the guide of groups of more than 15 people, for disabled people and for children up to 5 years old. • Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Museo del Beato Serafino Morazzone (Museum of Beato Serafino Morazzone) Via Innominato, 2 – Chiuso district The Museum of Beato Serafino Morazzone, located next to the neo-Gothic Church of Chiuso district, dedicated in 1903 in Santa Maria Assunta, is headquartered in the adjoining rectory restored in 2010-13. • Museum open by appointment only by telephone contact with the parish. Basilica di San Nicolò (Basilica of Saint Nicholas) Via San Nicolò, 1 For information: Phone +39 0341 282403 It is the main Basilica of the city of Lecco ad it is dedicated to sailors’ Patron; built in Neoclassical style after the restoration works by architect Giuseppe Bovara, it is decorated with 17 th century ornaments by the Fantoni of Rovetta, a baptismal font of 1596, Romanesque parts of the 11 th century and a chapel decorated with stories of Saint Antony life made in the manner of Giotto (end of 14 th century).