12 Sights in Lecco, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Lecco, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Lecco. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Lecco1. Monumento ad Alessandro Manzoni
The monument to Alessandro Manzoni is a bronze sculpture located in the square of the same name in Lecco in Lombardy in memory of the great Milanese writer who set the novel, a masterpiece of Italian literature, of The Betrothed.
2. Torre di San Nicolò
The bell tower of San Nicolò, located on the northern side of the basilica of the same name from which it takes its name, is one of the symbols of the city of Lecco in Lombardy as well as being among the main monuments of the capital. Located inside the parish oratory, in an isolated position on an old defensive tower of the fifteenth century of circular shape that was part of the old wall fortification of the city in medieval times, it was inaugurated on Christmas Eve 1904 and is affectionately called Matitone by the people of Lecco for its particular octagonal shape and pyramid-shaped spire.
3. Museo Archeologico Storico Storia Naturale
The Archaeological Museum of Lecco is the archaeological museum of Lecco. It belongs to the "Urban Museum System of Lecco" (SiMUL). It was inaugurated in 2001 in Palazzo Belgiojoso, based on a museological project by Gian Luigi Daccò.
4. Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio
The church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio is the parish church of the Castello di Lecco district in Lombardy. It was the provostship of the parish of Lecco until 1584, then transferred to the current basilica of San Nicolò.
Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio (Lecco) (IT)
5. Monumenti ai caduti della I Guerra Mondiale
The War Memorial, also known as the War Memorial, is an imposing granite stele created by the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, located in Lecco in Lombardy, on the shores of the gulf of the lake of the same name near the mouth of the Caldone stream.
6. Santuario di Nostra Signora della Vittoria
The Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Victory is a Catholic place of worship in Lecco, located in Via Azzone Visconti, near the city center. It was erected in memory of the fallen during the Great War, in fact the bell of the tower strikes every day at seven in the evening to commemorate the victims of the war.
Wikipedia: Santuario di Nostra Signora della Vittoria (Lecco) (IT), Website
7. Teatro della Società
The Teatro della Società is the oldest and most important of the theaters of Lecco in Lombardy. It stands isolated in one of the main squares of the historic center of the city of which it occupies one of the short sides. The building is located behind the monument dedicated to the Hero of the Two Worlds.
8. Pizzo d'Erna
Pizzo d'Erna is a mountain in the Western Prealps of Bergamo, part of the Resegone group, located in the territory of the municipality of Lecco. The maximum altitude is 1375 m a.s.l. and on the summit there is the plateau of Piani d'Erna, which can be reached by a cable car that leaves from the Lecco town of Versasio.
9. Basilica di San Nicolò
The Basilica of Saint Nicholas is the main place of Catholic worship in Lecco. It is situated in an elevated position and stands on the remains of the 14th century AD city walls. It was dedicated to San Nicolò, patron saint of sailors and boatmen. The symbol of the church is the very high bell tower, which, with its 96 meters of height, represents one of the highest bell towers in Italy.
10. Chiesa dei Santi Materno e Lucia
Santi Materno e Lucia is a Roman Catholic parish church and former Convente of the Cappuccini are located on Piazza San Cristoforo in the neighborhood of Pescarenico in the town of Lecco, region of Lombardy, Italy.
11. Madonna della Rovinata
The sanctuary of the Madonna della Rovinata is a Catholic sanctuary located in the city of Lecco in Lombardy. The building stands outside the town of the Germanedo district, on a panoramic terrace located on the morainic slope in the locality called della Rovinata above the old nucleus of the district located on the slopes of the Resegone.
12. Civico museo manzoniano
The Manzoni Museum is a museum in Lecco, Lombardy, dedicated to the figure of Alessandro Manzoni. The museum belongs to the Lecco Urban Museum System and is located at Villa Manzoni al Caleotto, the writer's family home.
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