11 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 Lecco

1. Monumento ad Alessandro Manzoni

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Monumento ad Alessandro Manzoni Guido Bertolotti. GuidoB at it.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The monument to Alessandro Manzoni is a bronze sculpture placed 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, The Betrothed.

Wikipedia: Monumento ad Alessandro Manzoni (Lecco) (IT)

2. Torre di San Nicolò

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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 fifteenth-century defensive tower 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.

Wikipedia: Campanile di San Nicolò (IT), Website

3. Museo Archeologico Storico Storia Naturale

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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 the Palazzo Belgiojoso, based on a museological project by Gian Luigi Daccò.

Wikipedia: Museo archeologico di Lecco (IT)

4. Chiesa dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio

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The church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio is the parish church of the Castello di Lecco district in Lombardy. It was the provost seat of the parish church of Lecco until 1584, when it was 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

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The War Memorial, also known as the War Memorial, is an imposing granite stele made by the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, located in Lecco in Lombardy, on the shore of the gulf of the lake of the same name near the mouth of the Caldone stream.

Wikipedia: Monumento ai caduti (Lecco) (IT)

6. Santuario di Nostra Signora della Vittoria

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The Sanctuary of Our Lady 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

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Teatro della Società Davide Oliva / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Teatro della Società is the oldest and most important of the theatres 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 Two Worlds.

Wikipedia: Teatro della Società (IT)

8. Basilica di San Nicolò

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The Basilica of San Nicolò 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.

Wikipedia: Minor Basilica of San Nicolò, Lecco (EN)

9. Chiesa dei Santi Materno e Lucia

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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.

Wikipedia: Santi Materno e Lucia, Lecco (EN)

10. Madonna della Rovinata

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The Sanctuary of the Madonna della Rovinata is a Catholic shrine 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 Resegone.

Wikipedia: Madonna della Rovinata (IT)

11. Civico museo manzoniano

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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.

Wikipedia: Civico museo manzoniano (IT)

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