Lecco

Lecco is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, 50 kilometres north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies on the stop of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. The Bergamo Alps upward thrust to the north and east, reduce through by using the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern give up. The lake narrows to form the river Adda, so bridges have been constructed to improve avenue communications with Como and Milan. There are 4 bridges crossing the river Adda in Lecco: the Azzone Visconti Bridge, the Kennedy Bridge and the Alessandro Manzoni Bridge and a railroad bridge. Its economic system was once based on enterprise, but now it is specially tertiary.

Lecco turned into additionally Alpine Town of the Year 2013. Archaeological finds exhibit the presence of Celtic agreement in the vicinity before the advent of the Romans. The latter built a castrum here and made it an crucial avenue hub. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards captured the city in the 6th century; they had been accompanied with the aid of the Franks, who made Lecco the seat of a countship and, later, of a frontier Mark.