{"id":7382,"date":"2024-12-03T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/?p=7382"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:31:55","slug":"monument-to-pietro-vassena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/monument-to-pietro-vassena\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument to Pietro Vassena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A special tribute to an extraordinary man can be found <strong>along the Lecco lakeside<\/strong>: <strong>Pietro Vassena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bronze statue portrays the face of the <strong>ingenious inventor of Malgrate<\/strong> and is a heartfelt tribute to a character who played a fundamental role in the history of Lake Como and diving.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pietro Vassena was born in Malgrate in 1897 and died in 1967. He was an <strong>inventor and pioneer<\/strong> of his day, distinguishing himself for his brilliance and passion for innovation, registering <strong>numerous patents and creating various mechanical devices<\/strong>. His life was spent engaged in continuous research and experimentation in the field of inventions, including engines, mopeds and underwater instruments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His name is inextricably linked to <strong>Lake Como<\/strong>. Thanks to his extraordinary undertakings, it holds the record as <strong>Italy\u2019s deepest lake<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1948, Vassena wrote a page of the history of diving with his revolutionary <strong>bathyscaphe C3<\/strong>: with courage and determination, he reached a depth of <strong>412 metres near Argegno<\/strong>, in the Como arm of the lake, establishing a world record that brought pride and prestige to the entire region. 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The bronze statue portrays the face of the ingenious inventor of Malgrate and is a heartfelt tribute to a character who played a fundamental role in the history of Lake Como and diving.\u00a0 Pietro Vassena was born in Malgrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monument to Pietro Vassena - Lecco Tourism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leccotourism.it\/en\/monument-to-pietro-vassena\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monument to Pietro Vassena - Lecco Tourism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A special tribute to an extraordinary man can be found along the Lecco lakeside: Pietro Vassena. 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