{"id":3386,"date":"2024-04-11T12:07:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:08:42","slug":"vallo-delle-mura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/vallo-delle-mura\/","title":{"rendered":"Vallo delle mura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Walking through the city of Lecco, certain places can be found that <strong>bear witness to its past:<\/strong> the <strong>Vallo delle Mura<\/strong> <em>(Valley of the Walls) <\/em>lies at the top of Via Bovara and is what remains of the rampart of Porta di Vianova.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the city was once a <a href=\"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/a-journey-through-medioeval-lecco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>fortified village<\/strong>.<\/a> In 1336, Azzone Visconti ordered the construction of the triangular-shaped walls that used to encompass the village and the castle that stood on the shore of Lake Como. The <a href=\"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/torre-viscontea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Torre Viscontea<\/strong> <\/a>and the <strong>Vallo delle Mura<\/strong> are parts of the city walls that can be seen today; the body of the western tower acts as a base for the <a href=\"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/bell-tower-of-san-nicolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Campanile di San<\/strong> <strong>Nicol\u00f2<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>walls of the village<\/strong>, overlooking Lake Como, gave access to the <strong>port<\/strong>, which was strictly controlled by the Porta di Santo Stefano. To the north-east, Porta Nuova led to <strong>Valsassina<\/strong>, the only way to reach the towns around the lake by land. To the south-east lay the gate that led to <strong>Bergamo<\/strong>, on the border with the Venetian Republic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final <strong>restorations<\/strong> were carried out in 1551 to adapt to the new techniques of warfare that made use of artillery: the defences of the three gates were reinforced; beyond the moat, battlements were constructed and the large round tower, a gun emplacement, was completed at the side of the <a href=\"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/basilica-of-san-nicolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basilica di San Nicol\u00f2<\/a>.\u00a0The castle was later dismantled and the <strong>walls were demolished<\/strong> after 1782, when Emperor Joseph II decreed the <strong>abolition of the military fortress<\/strong> of Lecco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the city of Lecco, certain places can be found that bear witness to its past: the Vallo delle Mura (Valley of the Walls) lies at the top of Via Bovara and is what remains of the rampart of Porta di Vianova.&nbsp; In fact, the city was once a fortified village. 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