is a municipality of about 4300 inhabitants in the Province of Como, in Lombardy.
Free Tour

SAINT PETER CHURCH
SAINT PETER CHURCH
During the plague pandemic in 1630, the locals used the church as a leper hospital and this may explain why the central fresco behind the altar shows the Holy Virgin between saints Roch and Sebastian, who were usually appealed to for protection against the plague. However, the church peculiarity is on the exterior: the bell tower is the most ancient part of the building. Tall and narrow, it was once used as a watchtower. Nowadays, as a structural failure caused its slight inclination, the bell tower is considered Brianza Leaning Tower.

VILLA SANTA CHIARA GARDEN
VILLA SANTA CHIARA GARDEN
This building is located a short distance from the church of San Pietro (St. Peter) in the oldest part of the town, where beautifully-preserved aristocratic villas may still be admired today. Its history can be traced back to the eighteenth century. Through the years its owners have always taken care of the surrounding green landscapes by making nature the central element of the villa itself. Nowadays the villa houses a nursing home reserved for clergywomen, but access is free to its stunning garden. Today as in the past, visitors will appreciate the unspoilt beauty of its well-preserved park. The garden, developing along the provincial road to Como and reaching the hill at its back, is ideally divided into three areas: the flat side, near the entrance of the villa, is the home to an English garden and an exuberant cluster of purple beech trees, hornbeams and towering centennial willows, leading visitors along the paths to the upper area of the garden; in this second area, extensive terraced fields surround an exquisite neo-Romanesque stone staircase; finally, an elegant boulevard of cypress trees leading to the church of San Pietro, and a path vanishing into the distant mountains define the borders of the park.

WATER ROUTE
WATER ROUTE
HOW TO REACH ALBESE CON CASSANO
ASF Bus service
C 40 Como – Erba – Lecco
C 46 Como – Merate – Bergamo
C 49 Como – Erba – Asso
By train:
Trenord railway system from Milano Nord Cadorna Regional Train R16 Asso – Seveso – Milano, stop at Erba and continue by C40 bus service
By car:
From Como: get SS 342 in direction to Bergamo
From Lecco: get SS 36 in direction to Milan, exit at Como/Erba and continue to Via Provinciale in direction to Como
From Milan: get A8 to Varese/Como/Chiasso/Svizzera, exit at A9/E35 to Como/Chiasso, exit at A59 and then get SS 342
Discover Green Lands
A Project by
Comune di Erba capofila, Comune di Albavilla, Comune di Albese con Cassano, Comune di Alserio,
Comune di Eupilio, Comune di Inverigo, Comune di Lambrugo, Comune di Lurago d’Erba,
Comune di Merone, Comune di Montorfano, Comune di Orsenigo, Comune di Ponte Lambro, Comune di Pusiano,
Sistema Turistico Lago di Como, Lariofiere Como Lecco, Confcommercio Como.
The project “Distretto dell’Attrattività Turistica Expo Green Land” is born thanks to the Regional DDG “Distretti dell’attrattività turistica e commerciale” 14 July 2014. Project n. 52574412.