Open Cellars – Gera Lario October 5, 2019
Also this year the “Gera Segreta” event is back. Saturday 5 October starting at 17.00. A rich food and wine itinerary awaits you along 8 splendid cellars of Gera Lario.
The event is an opportunity to spend a pleasant late afternoon in early autumn wrapped in the reassuring atmosphere of the village’s historic alleys.
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Resting on a wooded peninsula in the middle of the Lake, Villa Balbianello is one of the most fascinating destinations of the entire Lake Como.
Built in 1787 on a pre-existing monastery of Franciscan friars, the villa was commissioned by Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini. The property then passed to Luigi Porro Lambertenghi and then to Giuseppe Arconati Visconti, who made a gathering place for some of the most important intellectuals and writers of the time such as Alessandro Manzoni and Giovanni Berchet.
The small municipality of Montemezzo, located above Gera Lario, has its heart in the fifteenth century village of Burano. This characteristic Rural village, after a phase of progressive decline and abandonment, is slowly trying to dust off the beauty that distinguishes it.
The ancient stone houses, expertly built, represent the soul of this village that today, thanks to its rural history, the characteristic microclimate and its amazing views of the Lake and the entrance of Valtellina and Valchiavenna, continues to make fall in love with to many visitors.
The Poulerie is the result of the skilful restoration of an old small rural stable. The interventions were all carried out by artisans of the area, selected in order to make the restoration consistent with the surrounding context of the village of Burano and, at the same time, to support in our small local economy.
The realization of the project had a dutifully troubled life. The village of Burano, in which the structure is located, dates back to the 14th century and the renovations (in a conservative way) must respect, for this reason, a number of constraints.
At the entrance of Gravedona stands Palazzo Gallio, a mighty villa created in the place where the Gravedona Castle was previously located. The palace was originally intended to be the residence of Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio, but its construction ended in 1607, the year of the death of its patron.
A long time the villa was ducal residence but also hospital during the period of occupation French and Spanish.
