{"id":11967,"date":"2014-11-29T22:19:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T21:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camminacitta.it\/dongo-citta\/dongo-percorso-1\/"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:42:59","slug":"dongo-percorso-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.camminacitta.it\/en\/dongo-citta\/dongo-percorso-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dongo Path 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Path 1. On the trail of ironworking and the making of world history<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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This path starts from Piazza Paracchini in Dongo, a square of crucial importance in the events that in April 1945 led to the end of the Second World War, which hosts Palazzo Manzi, a palace in neoclassical style, and the Museo della Fine della Guerra (End of the War Museum). History has ran its course and nowadays the square is an elegant showcase for tourists visiting this delightful village on Lake Como. The itinerary then penetrates the ancient hamlet of Martinico, where, amidst narrow streets and old courtyards, a small secluded square hosts the Romanesque church of S. Maria (St. Mary). After bordering a stretch of the Albano river, along which stand the various buildings of the historic Ferriere di Dongo (Dongo Ironworks) which later merged into the \u201cAcciaierie e Ferriere Lombarde Falck\u201d (“Falck Steelworks and Ironworks of Lombardy”), holding the memory of the significance of the mining and steelworks tradition of the area, you reach the Shrine of the Madonna delle Lacrime (Our Lady of Tears), built after the miraculous event of the tearing of an effigy of the Virgin Mary. The adjoining Franciscan monastery hosts a famous library filled with approximately 18,000 volumes, including about thirty incunabula and over 600 16th century editions. The final destination of the itinerary is the magnificent 18th century archpriestal church of S. Stefano (St. Stephen), on the banks of Lake Como, which was already in existence as a parish in the twelfth century.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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