Walls, towers and gates Como Lake

The Tower of S. Vitale is located at the end of Via Serafino Balestra. Its name comes from an ancient church demolished instead of the construction of the nearby railroad. It is'a pentagonal building just like of Porta Nuova.

The ancient Gattoni Tower was built by the Romans. It is located in Via Carlo Cattaneo and at the behest of the canonical Gattoni hosted the physics laboratory that Alessandro Volta, his friend, used to study the stack.

The Baradello tower has a base quadratic. it is one of the best preserved buildings in time. About 19 meters high, it has its foundation on the rock and in ancient times was adorned with battlements type of Guelph. This is the part of the old structure that was lost.

Porta Tower, in via Cantu, is a picturesque fortress of 40 meters, built in 1192 to defend one of the strategic points of entry of the city. It is a massive construction of military Romanesque. The side that see the city is finer and formed of four arches that correspond to the inner planes, now been destroyed over the centuries.

From the architectural point of view Torre di Porta Nuova is the style that characterizes the Larian monuments, the Romanesque. In 1000 a.d. the Como area developed its own characteristics and became a symbol of this new way of building. The Romanesque of this building has an essential element, the stone and as style the simplicity and purity, preferring the architecture to the sculpture.

The walls of Como extend on the three sides along the historic center of Como. They still well preserved and visible and maintain a good part of the scope that was originally. They belong to the medieval era. They were built at the behest of Julius Caesar and formed a defensive bulwark.

The Pantera Tower is all that remains of the tower of the palace that belonged to the historic family Pantera. It dates from the fifteenth century. The adjacent Palazzo Pantera XV century house owned by the powerful Rusconi at the end of the century turned into brothel.

The Torraccia has a quadrangular structure. Now you can see only a large wall extended during the lake and gives the idea of a small castle. The Torraccia is composed of many very special external and internal elements.

The transformed Tower of Scarenna is located in the municipality of Asso. It is thought to have been built in Roman times. Some say it dates back to the 11th century, others to the 13th century. The fact that it is such an ancient construction has contributed to its slow deterioration, which is why today it is not in excellent condition even if it is still visible.

The Beretta Tower was initially part of a castle. The tower was built in the 11th century, and it was a fortified building that had the function of guarding the entire surrounding area. At the beginning of the twentieth century, only a few ruins remained, above which a second villa was built in eclectic aulic style, called Villa Beretta.

The Camisasca Tower was built between the 12th and 13th centuries. In the fifteenth century the tower passed to the court and remained its property until 1517, because it later passed to the monastery of Lambrugo. The building has a rectangular structure with a square base, 12 meters high with small windows. In 2005, the tower underwent restoration interventions and currently cultural events are organized in its interior.

The Dervio tower was initially part of the Castle of Orezia. The tower was first mentioned in the years 1039-1040 and was used for defensive functions, with the precise purpose of alerting the inhabitants in the event of danger.