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Brunate ( Comasco: ) is a town and ''
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'' in the province of Como in northern
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, some northeast of
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. It has some 1,800 residents, but is much more populated in summer, when tourists rent houses and
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s. The town overlooks Como, which lies on the shore of Lake Como some below. For a short time in the late 12th century Brunate was an independent commune, but in 1240 it reverted to the
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of Como. Como and Brunate are linked by a steep, narrow, winding road, and by the Como to Brunate funicular.
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lived in Brunate for a short period – the Faro Voltiano
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in the San Maurizio district, was built and named in his honour. The
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n poet Pencho Slaveykov died in the town on 10 June 1912.


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Official site of the Brunate commune
Municipalities of the Province of Como {{Como-geo-stub