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The Comacina Island 's only island of the Lario.
Today half-deserted, it was inhabited since the times roman.
It had monuments in paeolocristiana age already (V sec.) and it grew of importance until becoming, in the sec.XII one of i Common more powerful of Como lake.
When the war between the Common ones burst of Como and Milan the Comacina Island was placed of flank to the from Milan ones to which it gave hand for the destruction of Como.

The revenge of the Comaschi it burst in 1169: all it was destroyed and on the island it did not remain that Hush.The survivors migrate in part on the next coast and part to Varenna. The beautifulst ruderi of one can today be admired huge Roman Basilica dedicated to S.Eufemia.
A visit to the island is prevailed for the wonderful views that it offers, for the great peace and one pause in one between the most typical lariani restaurants.
We advise the festival of S.John who celebrates every year, Sunday after the day of S.John, with great luminarie on the lake and the putting celebrated over the ruderi of the basilica of S.Eufemia.

To Ospitaletto, a curious monument receives us between the most photographed for it s strange: one gotica bell cell of the sec.XV, overlapped to the very small Romanesque bell tower of the church of Maddalena Saint of the IX sec., of background the splendid Comacina Island can be admired.