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To Varenna the Lake Como's make majestic: in the center hold out the tip of Bellagio, on the shell coast the countries of Cadenabbia, Menaggio, Acquaseria while to north the great mirror blue seems to lap the giant terrace of the Mesolcina chain.
The village is articulated in a reticulum of alleys that decrease steep towards Lake Como, where the houses mirror in the water like in sure zones of the Liguria.
Of preistorica origin,(they have been finds rests to you rooster-Roman), Varenna conquered in the Middle Ages the communal freedoms.
During the war of the ten years it was opposed to Como and it made alloy with the Comacina Island from which it received the fugitive after its destruction. Already then Varenna was famous for its marbles white man-black.

Not far away from the church of S.George, along via IV November the income of the neoclassica Isimbrandi villa is caught aglimpse or the Cypresses with garden and terraces connected from one perron.
Little more ahead, the income of Monastero Villa is found, name that derives from the original destination of the building to place of spiritual withdrawal of nuns cistercensi of Saint Maria Maddalena, between insigne the sculptures it goes remembered the clemenza of Tito, last work unfinished of G.B. Comolli (1830).

We advise from Varenna, one trip to Esino Lario m.913, said the pearl of the Grigne for it's splendid position, from the road for Esino a short shunting line catches up Castel Vezio to m. 383, tower of a medioevale castle, dwelling of Queen longobarda Teodolinda.