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Provinces of Lomardia: Como

Situated 201 m above sea level on the south-western tip of the Lake of the same name, Como is 5 km from the Ponte Chiasso border between Italy and Switzerland.

It was probably a Gaul settlement, becoming a Roman colony (1st century BC.) with the name of Novum Comum: its present urban structure still follows the outline of the ancient castrum.

After the Barbarian invasions it became a free municipality, often at war with, and destroyed by, Milan in 1127. It then shared the vicissitudes of the Lombard capital, that is, the Signorie, Spanish and Austrian rule, the Cisalpine Republic and the unification of Italy.

Important Monuments: Duomo (14th-17th century) with Gothic-Renaissance façade; Basilica of San Fedele (12th century); the churches of Sant'Abbondio (11th century) and Sant'Agostino (14th century); the Broletto (13th century)-Romanesque-Gothic; Villa Olmo (Neoclassical); remains of the Roman walls and Porta Praetoria.

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