Architecture

Casa Bazzi

You arrive at number 3 looking for one old house. Slight problem: Casa Bazzi is three houses sharing a single address—and about five centuries of building history.

Address: Via Olginati 3, Como
Area: Como, Italy

Open in Maps Ready-made routes

Why it is worth the detour

Casa Bazzi joins three medieval houses shaped in phases between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. It is a rare survivor of the Cortesella, Como’s once-crowded old quarter near the lake.

Casa Bazzi is an architectural landmark in Como, Italy, composed of three medieval houses built between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. It stands as a hidden gem, offering a glimpse into the city's historical urban fabric.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

50 m
Roman Theatre Remains at Via Vitani 13
Number 13 looks like an ordinary Como address. Then, in 1990, excavations inside uncovered seven radial walls pointing to a much bigger story: a vanished Roman theatre.
50 m
Torre Demorata
The Rusca have won. Money is not enough; according to Como tradition, they want their rivals’ tower cut down to size.
100 m
Former Albergo Posta
Terragni submits a design for a small hotel. The municipal authorities reject it. Then they reject another—and another. Six variants later, this compact building has become architecture’s answer to a painfully long email thread.
100 m
Monument to Alessandro Volta
One marble scientist, one brutally short inscription, and an entire square loses its old name. Como pulled off a remarkably efficient civic rebrand.
200 m
Hotel Metropole-Suisse Façade
First commission, first contradiction: Giuseppe Terragni was publicly attacking academic architecture with Gruppo 7 while cautiously preserving some of its vocabulary on the façade in front of you.
200 m
Piazza Cavour and the Exhibition That Rose Twice
On July 8, 1899, smoke and flames tore through Como’s grand celebration of electricity. The cause was a short circuit—a grim irony followed by a remarkably fast comeback.