Lecco: the Manzoni village

Without a doubt, if you come to Lecco, the city of the Betrothed, you must visit Villa Manzoni, where on the upper floor there is the Manzoniano Museum and the Municipal Art Gallery. This is the villa where the writer Alessandro Manzoni spent his childhood and adolescence. In this period he was able to get to know the naturalistic beauties that have become the scene of the Betrothed. From the villa you can decide whether to move to the historic center of Lecco or visit the nearby museum complex: Palazzo Belgiojoso. In the territory of the Castle of Lecco, in a building from the end of the 18th century, there is a Lecco museum complex with 3 museums: the Archaeological Museum, the Natural History Museum, the History Museum and the Planetarium. Then, along Corso Matteotti, you will reach the center: crossing the railway bridge, the industrial archeology area of Lecco, you will reach Vallo delle Mura. Once the gateway to the medieval fortress of the village of Lecco. In the historic center it is possible to stroll through the streets and squares of the ancient fortified village of and enjoy the lakefront. During the walk you can see monuments of famous people from Lecco: Alessandro Manzoni, Abbot Antonio father of Italian geology, Mario Cermenati, founder of civic education, the essential Giuseppe Garibaldi and the golden statue of Nicolò, patron saint of the city. In the central Piazza XX Settembre, a visit to the Palazzo delle Paure should not be missed, a contemporary art gallery located on the third floor of the Lecco Mountaineering Observatory.