Kuriosität
Campari Fountain
Someone looked at a village water source and thought: useful—but could it sell Campari too? The answer is standing in front of you.
Warum der Umweg sich lohnt
A 1935 village fountain that doubles as permanent Campari advertising, complete with sculpted brand imagery. Designed by Giuseppe Gronchi, it is one of the rare survivors from a nationwide promotional series.
The Campari Fountain is a unique 1935 village fountain designed by Giuseppe Gronchi, featuring sculpted brand imagery as part of a rare promotional series. It stands as a hidden gem in Brunate, offering a glimpse into historical advertising art.
Die Menschen hinter dieser Adresse
Belegte Verbindungen, keine Promi-Anekdoten.
Giuseppe Gronchi
Gronchi designed the sculptural advertising fountain for Campari in 1935.
Was sonst in der Nähe liegt
Die nächstgelegenen Orte, über die wir geschrieben haben, mit Luftlinie von hier.
50 m
Bellavista Hotel and Pencho Slaveykov Memorial
The funicular sends a new crowd up the hill, and the Bellavista opens its doors to catch the trade. Then a Bulgarian poet spends his final days here, giving this hotel frontage a second, more poignant life.
100 m
Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle
You arrive in Piazza alla Chiesa expecting one church and one façade. Saint Andrew’s has other ideas: repeated rebuilding and a twentieth-century enlargement left it with two public faces.
100 m
Villa Pirotta Bonacossa
A cotton magnate eyes an exceptionally steep Brunate hillside and decides it needs a miniature Versailles. Villa Pirotta Bonacossa is what happens when industrial wealth, artistic ambition, and gravity all refuse to back down.
100 m
Former Grand Hotel Brunate
The grand hotel is ready for guests: fifty rooms, a proud resort façade—and no funicular yet. Brunate is betting on a tourist boom before the easiest ride up the mountain has even opened.
100 m
Chalet Sonzogno
Turin, 1902: a wooden chalet is reportedly on display. Two years later, it resurfaces as third prize in a newspaper contest—fully furnished.
450 m
Como–Brunate Funicular
In 1894, the mule-track slog up from Como met its match: a railway climbing roughly 500 vertical metres. Brunate would never be quite so secluded again.
Mit den Geschichten ablaufen
Diese Adresse ist eine Station von vielen. Unsere Routen und Quests verbinden sie zu einem Weg, der vor Ort aufgeht.