Curcio is a part of the
mainland
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of
Colico
Colico ( Comasque: or ; la, Colicum) is a city in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It is situated on the northern arm of Lake Como, where the river Adda enters the lake. Colico is the most important city in the northern part of Lake Co ...
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Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, northern Italy.
The name Curcio is first mentioned in a slab dated 1585, which can still be seen as a part of the public washing fountain of the town.
The first church was built in 1842 and dedicated to
Holy Guardian Angels; a new church was built in 1946-1957.
Sources
*Giovanni Del Tredici, Elena Fattarelli, ''Colico e il Monte Legnone – Sentieri e Storia'', CAI Colico, 2007
See also
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Colico
Colico ( Comasque: or ; la, Colicum) is a city in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It is situated on the northern arm of Lake Como, where the river Adda enters the lake. Colico is the most important city in the northern part of Lake Co ...
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Villatico
Villatico is a ''frazione'' of the comune of Colico, Lombardy, northern Italy.
Documents dating from 1239 prove the existence of a mill located in Villatico.
After a flood in 1496 destroyed the town of St. George (now Colico Piano), Villatico beca ...
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Laghetto
Laghetto is a frazione of the comune of Colico, Lombardy, northern Italy.
Laghetto is a new name designed to combine many places, such as Borgonuovo, Fiumarga, La Cà and Corte, in a single village, the name officially appearing in 1770. In 176 ...
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Olgiasca
Olgiasca is a frazione of the comune of Colico (Province of Lecco), northern Italy. It is located in the eponymous peninsula on the northern eastern shore of the Lake Como.
A manse, consisting of the hill of Olgiasca in 1241 was leased from the ch ...
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Frazioni of the Province of Lecco
Colico