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Comune di Lecco
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Lombardy
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Lecco (LC)
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December 31 , 2006
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Acquate, Belledo, Bonacina, Castello, Chiuso, Germanedo, Laorca, Lecco, Maggianico, Malavedo, Olate, Pescarenico, Rancio, San Giovanni, Santo Stefano
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Lecchesi
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San Nicolò
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December 6
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Antonella Faggi (since 2006-05-30 )
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is an Italian
City of c. 47,000 inhabitants set in
Lombardy , 50 kilometres north of
Milan , and is the capital of the
Province Of Lecco . It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of
Lake Como (the branch named ''Lake of Lecco''). The
Prealps rise to the north and east, cut through by the
Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end.
The lake narrows to form the river Bridge (
1336 -
1338 ), the Kennedy Bridge (
1956 ) and the Alessandro Manzoni Bridge (
1985 ).
Its economy used to be based on industry (iron manufacturers), but now it is mainly tertiary.
Archaeological finds demonstrate the presence of
Celt ic settlement in the area before the arrival of the
Roman s. The latter built a ''
Castrum '' here and made it an important road hub. After the fall of the
Western Roman Empire , the
Lombards captured the town in the 6th century; they were followed by the
Franks , who made Lecco the seat of a countship and, later, of a frontier
Mark .
Emperor
Otto I spent a long time in Lecco, quenching the 964 revolt against the
Holy Roman Empire led by Lecco’s count Attone. Later it became a possession of the
Milan ese monastry of St. Ambrose.
Conrad II also stayed in Lecco, in the attempt to free it from the church, but as the result of the ensuing wars the city was subjected by Milan. It subsequently followed the history of the
Duchy Of Milan and of
Lombardy . In the early 16th century it was briefly ruled by the
Condottiere Gian Giacomo Medici .
During
World War II it was an important centre of the
Partisan War against the German occupation.
The town’s
Football team
Calcio Lecco 1912 currently play in
Serie C1 . Their traditional rivalry with the
Como Team is marked by the so-called ''Derby del Lario'' which last took place in the 2001 season when both teams were competing in
Serie C1 .
Alessandro Manzoni set the events in the first half of ''
The Betrothed '' in Lecco, a town he knew deeply since he had spent part of his childhood there.
::
Mark Twain , ''
Innocents Abroad '', chapter 21.
, from the Piansciresa plain of
Monte Barro .]]
