ITINERARIES SIMPLe Ways from the museum to the territory towards Expo and beyond Provincia di Lecco Settore Cultura, Beni Culturali, Identità e Tradizioni [email protected] www.provincia.lecco.it Introduction The 2015 edition of the cultural tourist itineraries “SIMPLe Ways from the museums to the area, to Expo 2015 and beyond” is only one of many initiatives to help visitors rediscover and enjoy the rich and varied cultural heritage of the province of Lecco. This publication, already a success in the fi rst edition, aims to provide the visitor with interesting ways to discover the collections in the Lecco Museum System, which counts a total of 29 museums to date. The aim is also to lead the visitor to extend their visit to the area itself with all its heritage sites and multifaceted beauty so that it becomes the real museum to ITINERARIES explore. We have created a virtuous network of itineraries which allow local or tourist to visit the area and enjoy the landscape and SIMPLe natural surroundings with an increased awareness of the historic, artistic and architectural heritage. Ways SIMPLe Ways are ten tourist itineraries exploring the Lecco from the museum branch of Lake Como, Valsassina, Val San Martino and Brianza, worthwhile destinations for visitors to the area who want to to the territory immerse themselves in the spectacular natural surroundings towards Expo and beyond which still bear traces of the local heritage, at times until recently forgotten and only now rebuilt or restored. A cura di These itineraries are the fruit of a coordinated effort by the Provincia di Lecco museum administrations and the operators, often voluntary Settore Cultura, Beni Culturali, workers, to reach the objectives set by the Museum System: Identità e Tradizione conservation, administration of the collections and above all, the Sistema Museale della Provincia di Lecco promotion of our common heritage. Progettazione e Coordinamento In this year of EXPO 2015 “Feed the planet, energy for life”, we Anna Ranzi con Rossella Crippa, have also focused on the typical foods in our area, often with in collaborazione con il oral testimony by local people and documents and objects Comitato Tecnico Scientifi co from the ethnographic collections. Apart from visiting places del Sistema Museale of historical and artistic interest, there will be a chance to taste typical Lombard dishes, with ingredients from our mountains and Graphic Design and Printing waterways, with fi sh (lavaret, shad, perch, trout), dried meats Grafi che F.lli Maggioni Lecco and sausages and cheeses accompanied by a steaming dish of Febbraio 2015 polenta, a drizzle of olive oil from the lake and the bouquet of (IIa edizione) the local wines. LECCO We hope this will prove a useful and enjoyable guide to our local heritage and we wish all our readers who follow these itineraries a warm welcome and a pleasant stay in the province of Lecco. Progetto “Expolake Lecco: green, healthy, smart land” Flavio Polano Ugo Panzeri “Iniziativa realizzata con il contributo President Counsellor for Culture di Regione Lombardia” for the Province of Lecco 11.. Upper San Martino Valley 14 Rossino 1 Carenno It presents historical documents, photographs and stories of the workers together with a collection of work tools and of the resources which determined the vocation of the area. Starting from the museum itself, the “Valle dei 4 Muratori” or Stonemasons’ Torre 4 de’ Busi Valley, is a hiking trail with Monte 16 stop points to illustrate the Marenzo close ties between the town and the art of construction. CA’ MARTÌ: THE MUSEUM AND THE “STONEMASONS’ VALLEY” 1 Follow the path through + the 16 stop points - Carenno the lanes of the historic Pertüs Path centre with the medieval PARISH MUSEUM SAN LORENZO DON CARLO VILLA 14 Tuzzano tower and the 20th - Rossino (Calolziocorte) century parish church. Then Church of Santa Margherita - Monte Marenzo continue as its winds among Oratory of Santo Stefano and Church of rivers and chestnut woods Interesting Sites Itineraries SiMPLe Ways Sites Itineraries Interesting San Michele - Torre de’ Busi to the frescoed oratory of San Domenico and the Recommended time for the visit: 1/2 days ancient lime kilns for lime production. P 1 sq ✎ Ca’ Martì. The Museum and the In the medieval village of Carenno, the Museum Ca’ Stonemasons’ Valley Martì and the Stonemasons’ Valley recounts the history, Via Fontana, 3 life and work of the stonemasons of the San Martino 23802 Carenno Valley. A wealth of knowledge and professional skills Opening times: from April to November on Sunday 3.00- passed from one generation to another and still to be seen 5.00 p.m. / other days by appointment in the traditional buildings For info, visits and educational workshops: 0341.610220 as well as in the many www.museocamarti.it disused quarries where the memory of hard work, dedication and emigration is echoed. The museum Above Carenno, the Pertüs Path is a nature trail was set up as part of a for those visitors who are curious about the project to preserve the material culture and the development of this area. architectural and folk The trail is accessible to people with disabilities. heritage of the town. 2 3 11.. Upper San Martino Valley 23801 Rossino di P sq ✎ Q Calolziocorte Opening times: Saturday 3.00-6.00 p.m. / festive Famous for its castle, the little hamlet of Rossino above days 10.00-12.00 a.m. and Calolziocorte is home to the Parish Museum San Lorenzo 3.00-6.00 p.m. / weekday Don Carlo Villa, with works by major Lombard artists and by appointment a singular collection of liturgical vestments and ornaments. For info, visits and This is a trail of discovery of faith, art and folk culture educational workshops: which starts at the medieval Church of San Lorenzo Vecchio 0341.643259 / which has an extensive fresco cycle and a belfry used as a 0341.645510 lookout and signal point for the entire valley. We proceed Itineraries SiMPLe Ways Itineraries from the church to the neoclassical building of the Just south of new parish church where Calolziocorte, at an there are paintings like the altitude of about altarpiece of Saint Catherine 600 metres on the of Alexandria, dated 1642 top of the hill of and attributed to the Como the same name artists Giovanni Battista and which separates the Giovanni Paolo Recchi. The municipalities of Sacristy has a painting of Torre de’ Busi and the Immaculate Conception Monte Marenzo, the attributed to Carlo Ceresa, church of Santa the largest known work by Margherita is the this major Bergamo painter. most important The museum collection example of medieval contains some unique art in the San objects such as liturgical Martino Valley. It vestments sewn by hand takes about 30 from the 17th to the 19th minutes from Monte centuries and some fi ne Marenzo on foot to goldsmithery, the highlight reach the complex being the reliquary of the which was built in Holy Thorn by Eugenio the late 13th century Bellosio, as well as a in an isolated collection of books from the position, probably 18th to 20th centuries. commissioned by a powerful local family to stand outside the walls of a castle. The Parish Museum San church is Romanesque in style with a single nave Lorenzo Don Carlo Villa and wide apse and there is a major cycle of Piazza S. Lorenzo, 2 4 5 On the banks of 11.. Upper San Martino Valley 22.. the River Adda Vercurago4 20 Garlate late-medieval frescos inspired by the life of 154 Calolziocorte Saint Margaret, patron saint of women in labour. Church of Santa Margherita Monte Marenzo For info and visits: 0341. 602240 (Library of Monte Marenzo) 0341.602200 (Municipality of Monte Marenzo) 0341.603025 (Parish of Monte Marenzo) 4 Arlate Imbersago Itineraries SiMPLe Ways Itineraries The Oratory of Santo Stefano is part of the VILLA DE PONTI BOTANICAL GARDEN 15 fascinating complex of San Michele, the historic S. Maria del Lavello Monastery - Calolziocorte and religious centre which for centuries was the point of reference for the communities in the Church of St Colombano and Gottardo - Calco - hamlet Torre de’ Busi area; it dates back to the Dark of Arlate Ages or even Early Christian times and has a ABEGG SILK MUSEUM 20 trapezoid nave ending in an apse, rebuilt in the Sanctuary of San Girolamo Emiliani - Casa Cittadini - 15th century as can be seen from the groin Vercurago ceiling, single arch windows in the presbytery and SiMPLe Ways Sites Itineraries Interesting Castle of the Unnamed - Somasca - Vercurago the wooden panels on the ashlar walls. Inside there are paintings of great iconographic interest Cycle trail along the Adda river and Leonardo Da Vinci including a nursing Mother and Child from the ferry of Imbersago - Parco Adda Nord late 14th century. Recommended time for the visit: 1/3 days Oratory of Santo Stefano and Church of San Michele For info and visits: P 1 sq ✎ Q 035.785004 (Municipality of Torre de’ Busi) A stone’s throw from the railway station in Calolziocorte, the In the valley is cultivated the “scagliolo of Carenno”, Villa De Ponti Botanical Garden offers a chance to relax a corn of ancient tradition from Bergamo, which today is among over 500 species of native and exotic trees and shrubs, part of the network of ancient corn present in Expo some wild, some planted. The park is centred around an 2015. From the scagliolo are obtained a tasty polenta, eliptical path and the vegetation is planted at variable heights excellent baked goods and crispy and healthy biscuits. For and alternates with lawns. The attention to landscape design information: Ca’ Martì Museum.