Palace Belgiojoso
Palazzo Belgiojoso built between the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century by the family Locatelli di Valle Imagna.
It was restored in 1774 and sold to the Princes Belgiojoso d' Este, to whom its current name is due.
In 1794 the Princes di Belgioioso became the owners, the architect Pollack was called upon to arrange the adjacent vast park.
Site of the Civic Museums since 1928, it houses the museums’ Naturalistic and Archaologic Collections.
In the Lecco Museum of Natural History, the mounting is still the original one, it was kept because it by now represnets a rare example of natural museums of the early 1900s, and holds memories of the illustrius geologist, abbot Antonio Stoppani.
The arcade and the courtyard which leads to the large garden serve as backdrop for theatrical performances of a certain level.
Eleven rooms display the Zoological Collections, made up of a large collection of exhibits, a large part of which were prepared by the museum’s founder: Carlo Vercelloni.
A selection of the Mineralogical Collection is exhibited è in the 12th room of the museum.
The Archaeological Museum, with materials coming from all over the Province of Lecco, are exhibited in chronological order: from early history to the Iron Age (Golasecca e La Tène) to the Romanisation to the Late Middle Ages. The 6th room is dedicated to Metallurgy in the Lecce area. Iron weapons and worked pots found in Castelnuovo in Valsassina are ascribable to Celtic and Pre-Roman populations.
Museo di Storia - Archeologico (History and Archeological Museum)
Corso Matteotti 32 - tel. 0341 481248
Hours: 9.30-14.00 – Closed Mondays
The Resegone or mountain Serrada (1875 ms.) it owes his name to the typical jagged form, from the top it enjoys him of a good panorama....continue |
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