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Isola Comacina
Isola Comacina
The only island on Lake Como, Comacina Island is a place of great charm where history, nature, art, and archaeology intertwine in this small, almost uninhabited fragment of land.
Lush nature and a pleasant landscape frame the remains of its illustrious past as a fortified citadel (first Roman, then Byzantine), an important religious center of the Diocese of Como, and a powerful municipality of the Lario until the 12th century, when the people of Como, to punish its loyalty to Milan, razed it to the ground (1169). Cavalier Caprani, the last owner of the island, donated it to King Albert I of Belgium who, moved by the desire to make it the seat of an artists' colony, donated it to the Italian State, which entrusted it to the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (1920). Among the "treasures" of the islet stand out the ruins of the grand Romanesque church of Sant’Eufemia, where you can see the division into three naves and three apses, the beautiful crypt and the winged portico in front, the remains of a marble colonnade from the Roman era preserved under the church of S. Giovanni, and the three Houses for Artists built between 1936-40 by architect Pietro Lingeri in Rationalist style inspired by Le Corbusier, intended to host internationally renowned artists seeking inspiration for short periods.
The only island on Lake Como, the Comacina island is a place of great charm where history, nature, art and archeology are intertwined in this small fragment of almost uninhabited land.
A lush nature and a pleasant landscape frame the remains of its illustrious past of a fortified citadel (first Roman then Byzantine), an important religious center of the diocese of Como, a powerful Municipality of the Lario until the 12th century when the Comaschi, to punish loyalty of the island to Milan, razed it to the ground (1169). Cavalier Caprani, the last owner of the island, donated it to King Alberto I of Belgium who, moved by the desire to make it the seat of a colony of artists, donated it to the Italian State which entrusted it to the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (1920). Among the "treasures" of the islet you can see the ruins of the grandiose Romanesque church of Sant'Eufemia.
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