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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LECCO , a See also:

town of See also:Lombardy, in the See also:province of See also:Como, 32 M. by See also:rail N. by E. of See also:Milan, and reached by steamer from Como, X VI. I2673 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (See also:tool) 10,352. It is situated near the See also:southern extremity of the eastern See also:branch of the See also:Lake of Como, which is frequently distinguished as the Lake of Lecco. At Lecco begins the See also:line (run by See also:electricity)to Colico, whence there are branches to See also:Chiavenna and See also:Sondrio; and another line runs to See also:Bergamo. To the See also:south the See also:Adda is crossed by a See also:fine See also:bridge originally constructed in 1335, and rebuilt in 1609 by Fuentes. Lecco, in spite of its antiquity, presents a See also:modern See also:appearance, almost the only old See also:building being its See also:castle, of which a See also:part remains. Its See also:schools are particularly See also:good. Besides See also:iron-See also:works, there are See also:copper-works, See also:brass-foundries, See also:olive-oil See also:mills and a manufacture of See also:wax candles; and See also:silk-See also:spinning, See also:cotton-spinning and See also:wood-See also:carving. In the neighbourhood is the See also:villa of Calcotto, the See also:residence of Alessandro See also:Manzoni, who in his Promessi Sposi has See also:left a full description of the See also:district. A statue has been erected to him.

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century Lecco, previously the seat of a marquisate, was presented to the bishops of Como by See also:Otto II.; but in the 12th century it passed to the archbishops of Milan, and in 1127 it assisted the Milanese in the destruction of Como. During the 13th century it was struggling for its existence with the See also:metropolitan See also:city; and its See also:fate seemed to be sealed when the See also:Visconti drove its inhabitants across the lake to Valmadrera, and forbade them to raise their town from its ashes. But in a few years the See also:people returned; Azzone Visconti made Lecco a strong fortress, and in 1335 See also:united it with the Milanese territory by a bridge across the Adda. During the 15th and 16th centuries the citadel of Lecco was an See also:object of endless contention. In 1647 the town with its territory was made a courtship. See also:Morone, See also:Charles V.'s See also:Italian See also:chancellor, was See also:born in Lecco. See A. L. Apostolo, Lecco ed it suo territorio (Lecco, 1855).

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