The main city of eastern Lario offers the most beautiful panorama of the Lombardia region.
In the photo: aerial view over the city from mount Barro. The Adda river exits the Lake of Como.

Lecco and mount Moregallo.

The octagonal bell tower of S.Nicolò, dominated by the rocks of mount Coltignone.

The lakefront.

Ancient and Modern. On the left: Azzone Visconti fortified bridge, built by the Lord of Milan in 1336-38. It was originally designed as a floating fortress guarding the Adda, but the inhabitants of Como asked some arches to be opened to facilitate the flow of the river. On the right: the skyscrapers of the business center.

The taxi-boat and the tour manzoniano.

The outline of the Resegone, and the popular district of Pescarenico along the Adda river,
the setting of the novel Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed).

The villa where Alessandro Manzoni spent his childhood. It was located in an agricultural area planted with mulberry trees and vineyards and today it is located in the city center. The writer sold the property in 1818. 
It is currently occupied by the Civic Museum of Manzoni.

The statue dedicated to Manzoni.

Lecco: factories and slip roads clash with the wild landscape of the surrounding mountains.