The Mountains

Bellagio is a commune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is located on Lake Como, also known by its Latin-derived name Lario, whose arms form an inverted Y. The triangular land mass at the base of the inverted Y is the Larian Triangle: at its northern point sits Bellagio, looking across to the northern arm of the lake and, behind it, the Alps. It has always been famous for its location, theLarian Triangle Mountain community), based in Canzo.

Even though there are signs of a human presence around Bellagio in the Paleolithic Period (about 30,000 years ago), it is only in the 7th to 5th centuries BC that there appears to be a castellum on the promontory, perhaps a place of worship and of exchange which served the numerous small villages on the lake.

The first identifiable inhabitants of the territory of Bellagio, from 400BC, were the Insubres, a Celtic tribe in part of Lombardy and on Lake Como up to the centre of the lake, occupying the western shore (the Orobii had the northern arm of the lake and its east bank). The Insubres lived free and independently until the arrival of the Gauls, led by Belloveso, who, around the year 600 BC, undid the Insubres and settled in Milan and Como, occupying the shores of the lake and creating a garrison at the extreme point of their conquest, Bellagio (fancifully Bellasium, named after their commander Belloveso).[3] The Gauls thus became Gallo-Insubres, merged with the primitive inhabitants and introduced their customs and traditions, leaving traces in local names: Crux Galli (now Grosgalla), on the side of Lezzeno, and Gallo, a small chapel on the old road of Limonta which marks today the border between the two municipalities.

CYCLING MUSEUM - Our Lady of Ghisallo

The Lion of Flanders: It Was founded and inaugurated in October of 2006 by Fiorenzo Magni, the Lion of Flanders, the third man, as many have defined him: a champion among Coppi and Bartali. An example for his tenacity, for his successes but also for his life dedicated to the Italian sport. Always ready to pull the group, to the end.

SANCTUARY
The Cycling Museum Our Lady of Ghisallo in Magreglio, located in the province of Como next to the Shrine dedicated to the Madonna, protector of all cyclists in the world,

LOVE
It Is the only Museum in the world that caters to all the champions and all cycling enthusiasts: the theme that characterizes it is the love for the bicycle.

https://www.museodelghisallo.it/en/museum/Weiterlesen