Teatro e cultura
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.
Perché vale la deviazione
Como’s neoclassical theatre has survived construction disasters, overcrowding, conversion into a cinema, and structural closure. In 1944, it even became the substitute opera house for Milan’s war-damaged La Scala.
Teatro Sociale is a historic neoclassical theatre in Como, known for its resilience through construction challenges and historical events. It has hosted renowned performers and served as a temporary opera house for La Scala during WWII.
Che cosa c’è nei paraggi
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100 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.
100 m
Torre Pantera
In medieval Como, a clan’s tower could be forcibly shortened. In 1292, that happened to the Rusconi tower beneath Torre Pantera.
100 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.
150 m
Broletto
A bell rings over medieval Como, citizens converge on the square, and civic power plants itself between cathedral and bishop’s palace. Then factional conflict brings fire—and the expanding cathedral claims part of what survives.
200 m
Church of San Giacomo
The Vittani and Rusconi are fighting, and San Giacomo’s porch takes the blow. Then decay and remodeling do what the feud could not: turn a vast Romanesque church into the compact fragment in front of you.
200 m
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.
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Percorrilo con le storie
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