Valsassina
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Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the province of Lecco. It is included between the Grigna range from West, and the Bergamo Prealps which, in a half-circle stretch
The Valsassina plateau
Alpe Giumello (Casargo): Lake Como, seen from Monte Croce di Muggio
Lecco
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Lecco is a city of 46,831 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, 50 kilometres north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. The Bergamo Alps rise to the north and eas
Valsassina
…in a half-circle stretching from North to East, separate it from the valley of the area of Bergamo and the Valtellina. Valsassina also reaches the Lecco's branch of Lake Como at Lecco itself and Bellano. The valley is run by the Pioverna stream, which flows from the Grigne to the Lake Como. It's peculiar…
Piazza XX Settembre, in the centre of the town, and the San Martino mountain
Resegone Mount seen from Lecco City
Aerial view of Lake Lecco
The traditional women's headgear was characterized by the beautiful ray of silver pins, called guazze, which crown the head. In this picture, Lucia Mondella from The Betrothed (Manzoni) wears it.