Cernobbio ( Comasco : Cernòbi [tʃerˈnɔbi] ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Como , Lombardy , northern Italy . It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan and about 2 kilometres (1 mi) northwest of Como , on the border with Switzerland and near Lake Como . The highest peak is the Monte Bisbino , at 1,325 metres (4,347 ft).
7-478: Cernobbio borders the following municipalities: Blevio , Breggia (Switzerland), Como , Maslianico , Moltrasio , and Vacallo (Switzerland). Cernobbio received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on May 24, 2005. Since 1975, every year in early September the city of Cernobbio has hosted the Ambrosetti Forum , an international economic conference. Cernobbio is a stopping point on
14-571: A large villa on the rocks of Perlasca, now part of the neighbouring town of Torno . In 1798, the villa and the village became a possession of the Taverna and Borromeo families, two of the most affluent families of the Milanese aristocracy, before being created as a free town after the Napoleonic invasion of Italy . A minor branch of the same family, who received the title of Edler von Tanzi by
21-546: The Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy , located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan and about 2 kilometres (1 mi) northeast of Como . It overlooks the eastern shore of Lake Como from hilly slopes starting at more than 200 metres (660 ft). Blevio borders the following municipalities: Brunate , Cernobbio , Como , Moltrasio , Torno . The comune of Blevio includes seven villages,
28-572: The Habsburgs, continued to keep vast possessions of lands in Blevio and nearby Torno until early 1900. Famous ballerina Marie Taglioni enjoyed her stay in Blevio so much to purchase a romantic lake-front villa (Villa Taglioni) while her lover prince Aleksander Trubetskoy built a spectacular villa nearby. Blevio joined the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1859 and later the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, following
35-401: The bus and ferry services that link Como to Colico via the west side of Lake Como. It is the starting point for the long-distance footpath La Via dei Monti Lariani . This article on a location in the Province of Como is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Blevio Blevio ( Comasco : Biev [ˈbjeːf] ) is a comune (municipality) in
42-458: The ruler of Milan Ludovico Sforza gave the fief of Blevio, together with some other near villages, to his lover Ludovica Crivelli. In the following centuries, Blevio became closely linked to Como and finally became a fief of the Tanzi patrician family, whose wealth was based on the silk industry. Count Antonio von Tanzi Blevio, who had been ennobled by the Habsburgs due to his banking activity, built
49-569: The so-called "the seven cities" (Capovico, Cazzanore, Girola, Maggianico, Mezzovico, Sopravilla, Sorto), the most important of which was Capovico, the closest one to Lake Como. The municipal territory extends from 200 to 1,140 metres (660 to 3,740 ft) above sea level. The etymology of the name of the city could be found in the Celtic Ligurian "Biuelius" (Latin "vivo – alive", Welsh "byw", old Irish "biu – I use to be" and Anglo-Saxon "beo – I am, I become", Indo-Germanic "bheou"). In 1497
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