Pasturo (
Valassinese ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Lecco
The province of Lecco (; Lecchese: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.
As of 2017, the province had a population of 337,211 on a surface of divided into 85 ''comuni'' (: ''com ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
, located about northeast of
Milan
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and about north of
Lecco
Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...
.
As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,798 and an area of .
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.
Pasturo borders the following municipalities:
Ballabio
Ballabio ( Valassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Lecco in the Valsassina.
Historically, it has been a center for production of c ...
,
Barzio
Barzio ( Valsassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located in the Valsassina about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco.
Twin towns
* Magland, France
France, officia ...
,
Cremeno
Cremeno (Valassina, Valassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco.
Cremeno borders the following municipalities: Ballab ...
,
Esino Lario
Esino Lario (; Lecchese: ; locally ) is a municipality () of the Province of Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is about north of Milan, northwest of Lecco, and about from the eastern shore of Lake Como.
The area around Esino Lario ...
,
Introbio
Introbio ( Valsassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco in the Valsassina image:Altopiano valsassina.jpg, 250px, The Valsassi ...
,
Mandello del Lario
Mandello del Lario ( Lecchese: ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy, on Lake Como.
Since 1921, Mandello del Lario has been home to Moto Guzzi—the Italian motorcycle manufacturer, now a subsidiary of Piag ...
,
Primaluna
Primaluna ( Valassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Lecco.
Primaluna borders the following municipalities: Casargo, Cortenova, ...
.
History
Above Pasturo on a cliff, almost promontory, was the fortress of Bajedo in the mid of 1400s during the time of
Francesco Sforza
Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death.
In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'Aqui ...
, conquest of the Duchy of Milan. It had a bridge with two arches, already built by Archbishop
Giovanni Visconti, which joined the two opposite banks and gave passage to travelers. It was closed by iron doors and was watched by a tower. these fortifications were probably originally erected by the Romans by the advice of
Caius Marius, after being defeated by the
Cimbri
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. They called them doors and then "cloistered". The bridge was ruined by the river about 1550. The fortress was dismantled in 1513 with the assent of
Trivulzio
The House of Trivulzio is the name of an old Italian noble family, most closely associated with Milan, whose members were prominent politicians, military men and various clergymen, whose first members are recorded since the 10th century .
Histor ...
to which the inhabitants of Valsassino had turned. Today the cliff is bare.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
www.comune.pasturo.lc.it/
Cities and towns in Lombardy
Valsassina
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