Off the Brienno coast, the lake reaches a depth of 414 mt, and is the fifth deepest in Europe following four Norwegian lakes. Pietro Vassena, the inventor of the bathyscaphe C3, set the world record of immersion here back in 1948.

Sunday on a summer’s day.

• The chimney of the old spinning factory all covered in ivy, and the funnel of the steamboat.
• The arrival of the historical boat.
• Detail.

The humble hamlet of Brienno has remained unaltered in its medieval charm.

By night.

The garden under the Church.

Ancient traditions and trades are commemorated during the festivities of Epiphany.

A November afternoon at the church of S.Anna (11th century).
Left: the town of Careno shrouded by the shadow of the mountains.

A suggestive view of Pognana illuminated at night, on the opposite shore.

Brienno, Argegno and Pigra.

Flowers and hay-barns along the path that leads to Pian d’Erba.

Spring.

View of Brienno with its cragged coastline seen from mount Comana.