Como, Italy

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Rank : 8.0 (average on 4 votes)

Coordinates : 45.808652, 9.083366 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The city, the historical center inside the walled city, the lake fronts, surrounding the pre-Alps. There are historical monuments of great artistic interest such as the Duomo, the Broletto, the Sant'Abbondio church (just outside the walls), the Curtesela medieval quarter, the towers of the walls, the apse of the church of San Fedele and houses Tudor style of the homonymous square, the rationalist buildings such as the House of Fascism in Piazza del Popolo, the rationalist neighborhood around the same stage and the Sinigaglia swimming pool. The neoclassical monuments such as Villa Olmo, the Social Theatre, The Volta Temple. The villas on the lake. Then there is the lake excursions by boat on it, the villages, not everyone knows that right on Lake Como Henry Fox Talbot tried to draw landscapes with a clear and frustrated by the failure chamber thought to photographic means to achieve the aim . Even Alfred Stieglitz took shots youth on the shores of Lake Como. Then the funicular that leads to Brunate at an altitude of ca 800 m above sea level on the foothills real balcony from which many interesting routes.

Recommended equipment : A wide-angle lens, a focal medium goal but a telephoto lens can be good for photographing monuments and natural landscapes or "altered by man", there is no requirement, in color or B / W.

Best months : The colors of the lake are lovely. The hills and the foothills have woods of lime trees which in spring are lovely. But the lake also offers wonderful photographic possibilities with the low clouds that sometimes hide the villages on the banks.

How to get there : By train from Milan to the North railroads from Cadorna or Milano Centrale. By motorway from Milan are ca. 50 minutes if there is not much traffic.

Visits : The interior of the Cathedral are freely visited. The Volta Temple from 10 to 18 for a fee. The funicular to Brunate open from 6:00 to 22:30 every 30 minutes, the ticket costs € 4.50

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Sunrise: 05:43, Sunset: 20:57

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