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    Isola Comacina is a small wooded island of Italy’s Lake Como, administratively a part of the commune of Ossuccio. It is located close to the western shore...
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    Comacina (minor planet designation: 489 Comacina) is a minor planet located in the asteroid belt. It is named after Isola Comacina, an island in Lake Como...
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    Sala Comacina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan and...
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    of the south-west branch of Lake Como, 1500 meters east from the Isola Comacina. The villa is famous for its elaborate terraced gardens. A Franciscan monastery...
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    gardens, lies on a promontory of the western shore of the lake near Isola Comacina. Built in 1787 on the site of a Franciscan monastery, it was the home of...
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    rival commune of Como, and later received the refugees from the Isola Comacina, who had met the same fate (1169). Varenna borders the following municipalities:...
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    administration and the gendarmerie in Tangier. In 1919, the island of Comacina was bequeathed to King Albert I of Belgium for a year, and became an enclave...
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    to the Grand Orient of Italy, the coat of arms of Carrara contains the Comacina wheel, symbol of the ancient master stonemasons of Como. Cathedral (Duomo...
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    Giovio's youth. He was a native of Como; his family was from the Isola Comacina of Lake Como. His father, a notary, died around 1500. He was educated under...
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    Lario Sala Comacina San Siro Sant'Abbondio Santa Maria Rezzonico Sorico Torno Tremezzo Valbrona Valmadrera Varenna Vercana Islands Isola Comacina Rivers Adda...
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