Brunate (
Comasco: ) is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Como in northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, some northeast of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. It has some 1,800 residents, but is much more populated in summer, when tourists rent houses and
apartments.
The town overlooks Como, which lies on the shore of
Lake Como some below. For a short time in the late 12th century Brunate was an
independent commune, but in 1240 it reverted to the
suzerainty of
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...
.
Como and Brunate are linked by a steep, narrow, winding road, and by the
Como to Brunate funicular.
Alessandro Volta lived in Brunate for a short period – the Faro Voltiano
lighthouse in the San Maurizio district, was built and named in his honour. The
Bulgaria
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n poet
Pencho Slaveykov
Pencho Petkov Slaveykov ( bg, Пенчо Петков Славейков) (27 April 1866 O.S. – 10 June 1912 ( O.S. 28 May 1912)) was a noted Bulgarian poet and one of the participants in the Misal ("Thought") circle. He was the youngest son o ...
died in the town on 10 June 1912.
References
External links
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Official site of the Brunate commune
Municipalities of the Province of Como
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