Archäologische Stätte
Roman Baths of Como
A car noses in looking for a space; one level below, a Roman bathing complex waits under the garage. Como delivers antiquity in wonderfully deadpan packaging.
Warum der Umweg sich lohnt
Beneath a modern parking structure lies roughly 1,500 square metres of Roman bathing rooms. Elevated walkways carry visitors above one of the clearest surviving fragments of everyday life in ancient Como.
The Roman Baths of Como are ancient thermal baths located in Como, Italy, showcasing one of the clearest surviving fragments of everyday life in ancient times. They were used from the second half of the first century AD to the end of the third century.
Die Menschen hinter dieser Adresse
Belegte Verbindungen, keine Promi-Anekdoten.
Pliny the Younger
Термы построены на дар Плиния Младшего родному городу во второй половине I века.
Was sonst in der Nähe liegt
Die nächstgelegenen Orte, über die wir geschrieben haben, mit Luftlinie von hier.
200 m
Teatro Sociale
It is 1944. Milan’s La Scala has been damaged in the war, and Como’s former cinema is handed an extraordinary role: alternative opera house.
200 m
Piazza San Fedele
A grain deal is under way, the square is packed, and timber upper floors jut over the traders as if the buildings want in on the bargaining. Beneath them may be the footprint of Roman Como’s forum.
200 m
Basilica of San Fedele
Volta had been dead for just one week when Como gathered inside this church to decide how he would be remembered. A young priest arrived with a commemorative poem—and soon wrote the inventor’s first biography.
250 m
Palazzo Terragni (Casa del Fascio)
It is 1945, and the political order behind this building has collapsed. The former Fascist Party office now has new occupants: parties of the National Liberation Committee. The walls have not moved; Italian politics has.
250 m
San Vitale Tower
After Como’s ruinous war with Milan, the city’s southern edge acquired a blunt message in stone: fewer openings, stronger defenses, no decorative fuss. San Vitale was architecture saying, very firmly, “Not again.”
300 m
Como Cathedral
No battery, no grand experiment: according to local tradition, the elderly Alessandro Volta came here for Mass each day. Inside, a floor plaque marks the place associated with that quiet routine.
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Mit den Geschichten ablaufen
Diese Adresse ist eine Station von vielen. Unsere Routen und Quests verbinden sie zu einem Weg, der vor Ort aufgeht.