Comune di Lecco
View of Lecco from Piani d'Erna, under mount Resegone.
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Lecco in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Lecco (LC)
Mayor	Antonella Faggi (since 2006-05-30)
Elevation	214 m (702 ft)
Area	45. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Lecco (It Provincia di Lecco) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following 93 km² (18 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31, 2006)
- Total	47,006
- Density	1,023/km² (2,650/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°51′N, 09°24′E
Gentilic	Lecchesi
Dialing code	0341
Postal code	23900
Frazioni	Acquate, Belledo, Bonacina, Castello, Chiuso, Germanedo, Laorca, Lecco, Maggianico, Malavedo, Olate, Pescarenico, Rancio, San Giovanni, Santo Stefano
Patron	San Nicolò
- Day	December 6
Website: www.comune.lecco.it

Lecco is an Italian city of c. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status 47,000 inhabitants set in Lombardy, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Milan, and is the capital of the province of Lecco. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. The Province of Lecco (It Provincia di Lecco) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch named Lake of Lecco). Lake Como ( Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario; Lach de Comm in Insubric; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a The Prealps rise to the north and east, cut through by the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end. The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (German Voralpen / Alpenvorland; Prealpi Préalpes can refer generally to any area of Foothills in the Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the Province of Lecco.

The lake narrows to form the river Adda, so bridges were built to improve road communications with Como and Milan. The Adda (Latin Abdua, or Addua) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. Como is a City in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it There are three bridges crossing the river Adda in Lecco: the Azzone Visconti Bridge (1336-1338), the Kennedy Bridge (1956) and the Alessandro Manzoni Bridge (1985). Azzone Visconti ( December 7, 1302 - August 16, 1339) was lord of Milan from 1329 until his death Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

Its economy used to be based on industry (iron manufacturers), but now it is mainly tertiary.

History

Archaeological finds demonstrate the presence of Celtic settlement in the area before the arrival of the Romans. Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The latter built a castrum here and made it an important road hub. The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military 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. The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285 the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group Mark from the Old English mearc and march (or various plural forms of these words derived from the Frankish word marka ("boundary"

Emperor Otto I spent a long time in Lecco, quenching the 964 revolt against the Holy Roman Empire led by Lecco’s count Attone. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Later it became a possession of the Milanese monastery of St. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. 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. Conrad II (c 990&ndash June 4, 1039) was the son of a mid-level nobleman in Franconia, Count Henry of Speyer and Adelaide of Alsace who inherited It subsequently followed the history of the Duchy of Milan and of Lombardy. The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1394 to 1797 Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the In the early 16th century it was briefly ruled by the condottiere Gian Giacomo Medici. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Gian Giacomo Medici (c 1495 &ndash 8 November 1555) was an Italian Condottiero, Duke of Marignano and Marquess of Musso

During World War II it was an important centre of the partisan war against the German occupation. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Italian Resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II.

Sport

The town’s football team Calcio Lecco 1912 currently play in Serie C1. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Calcio Lecco 1912 is an Italian football club based in Lecco, Lombardy. 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. Calcio Como are an Italian football club based in Como. The club was founded in 1907

Notable Lecchesi

• Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), poet and novelist, author if I promessi sposi, belonged to an old family of Lecco. Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian Poet and Novelist. The Betrothed (orig I Promessi Sposi is an Italian Historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in
• Antonio Stoppani (1824–1891), geologist and palaeontologist. Antonio Stoppani ( August 24, 1824 &ndash January 1, 1891) was an Italian Geologist and Palaeontologist.
• Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824–1893), journalist, poet, and novelist; he wrote many librettos for Verdi, including La forza del destino and Aida. Antonio Ghislanzoni ( 25 November 1824 &ndash July 16 1893) was an Italian Journalist, Poet, and La forza del destino ( The Force of Destiny) is an Italian Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. This article is about the marketing term AIDA For other uses of the term see Aida (disambiguation.
• Carlo Mauri (1930–1982), climber and explorer. Carlo Mauri (born in Lecco, 1930 died in Lecco 1982 was an Italian Mountaineer and Explorer.
• Roberto Formigoni (born 1947), a Catholic conservative politician; President of Lombardy since 1995. Roberto Formigoni ( Lecco, 30 March, 1947) is an Italian Politician, and the current Governor of Lombardy Region, Italy Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the
• Antonio Rossi (born 1968) a canoeist and five-time Olympic medalist in kayak flatwater canoeing. Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968 in Lecco) is an Italian canoer who won five Olympic medals in Kayak flatwater Canoeing is the activity of paddling a Canoe for the purpose of recreation (also called a float trip Sport, or transportation. An Olympic medalist is the winner of a Medal in one of the Olympic Games. A kayak is a small human-powered Boat. It typically has a covered deck and a cockpit covered by a Spraydeck.

Cultural references

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. Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian Poet and Novelist. The Betrothed (orig I Promessi Sposi is an Italian Historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in

Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad, chapter 21. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress was published by American author Mark Twain in 1869.

Lecco and Monte San Martino.

View of Lecco.

Piazza XX Settembre, in the centre of the town, and the San Martino mountain.

View of Lecco and the Lecco branch of Lake Como, from the Piansciresa plain of Monte Barro. Lake Como ( Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario; Lach de Comm in Insubric; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a

External links

• Media related to Lecco from the Wikimedia Commons.
• The official website of the city council (Italian)
• Visitor attractions in Lecco (Italian), from the site of the Lecco APT, an official body for the promotion of tourism.