| Chiavennasco | |
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Location  | |
| State | Italy |
|---|---|
| Region | Lombardy |
| Capital | Chiavenna |
| Tourism site | |
The Chiavennasco is a District of the Lombardy.
To know
There Valchiavenna since ancient times it has been an important trade route between the Latin and Germanic worlds. Chiavenna it has always been its capital.
Geographical notes
Chiavennasco is nestled in the Alps, approximately in the center of the mountain range, between the Lepontine Alps and the western Rhaetian Alps. It thus divides the Western Alps from the Eastern Alps. It has a vertical course, unlike the direction of the Alpine ridge. Its conformation is due to the action of the alpine glaciers of the ancient age.
The region borders the Canton of Grisons (in Switzerland) to the north, north-east and west, with the Valtellina to the southeast and with the Comasco and the Lecco South.
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Chiavenna - Crossed by the Mera, the city aligns on its banks ancient loggia houses, noble palaces, churches, fountains, forming a set of severe nobility like the high mountains that surround it.
- Campodolcino
- Gordona
- Madesimo
- Menarola
- Montespluga
- Novate Mezzola
- Piuro
- Samolaco
- St. James Philip
- Verceia
How to get
By plane
The nearest airports are:
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio (100 km), ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Milan-Linate airport, Viale Enrico Forlanini (120 km), ☎ 39 02 232323.
- 3 Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP), Ferno (150 km). The airport has two terminals (T1 and T2), the second is used for low cost flights. The bus service Motorway connects the airport with Milan central station in about 50 minutes, while the Malpensa Express it connects Terminal 1 with Cadorna station (red and green line underground) in 40 minutes.
On the train
The main railway line in the region is:
- Tirano-Sondrio-Lecco which connects Lecco with the Valtellina and the Val Chiavenna;
A map[link not working] complete of the lines is available on the site trenord.it.
How to get around
By car
del Maloja: starts from Chiavenna and reaches the border with Switzerland passing through the Val Bregaglia.
del Maloja: starts from By bus
There is a bus network in the region connecting all major cities:
- Chiavenna-Madesimo
- Chiavenna-Colico
- Chiavenna-Chiavenna villa
- Chiavenna-Samolaco
- Chiavenna-Sondrio
- Chiavenna-Elm tree
For information on timetables visit the tourism site of Valchiavenna.
What see
- 1 Vertemate Franchi Palace, Piuro, Cortinaccio 1, ☎ 39 0343 37485, @[email protected].
Full: € 7.00, reduced: € 5.00. 
Open on weekends in March 2014: 8-9, 15-16, 22-23. Open daily from 29 March to 02 November, from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 17:30. Closed every Wednesday except in August.. Surrounded by large vineyards for the production of Vertemate Vino Passito, by an Italian garden with a fishpond in local stone and a chestnut grove, the palace is full of valuable frescoes by the Campi brothers. - Mulino Moro of Bottonera, Chiavenna. Full: € 3.00, Reduced € 1.50. The mill, designed in 1867, is spread over three floors plus a basement. which housed the turbine and the cleaning machines.
- Gallery of Mina Verceia (The museum in the rock), Verceia. overlooking Lake Mezzola, in front of the natural oasis of Pian di Spagna, the tunnel built between 1916 and 1917 was an extreme defense for the Italian military during the First World War. Inside the labyrinthine tunnels you can still see the sixteen mine shafts, the sampling shaft, six chambers, four cisterns and three ventilation ducts.
Full: € 7.00, reduced: € 5.00. 
Open on weekends in March 2014: 8-9, 15-16, 22-23. Open daily from 29 March to 02 November, from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:30 to 17:30. Closed every Wednesday except in August.. Surrounded by large vineyards for the production of Vertemate Vino Passito, by an Italian garden with a fishpond in local stone and a chestnut grove, the palace is full of valuable frescoes by the Campi brothers.Itineraries
What to do
In the winter season, skiing is one of the main activities. Between Madesimo is Campodolcino there are numerous ski facilities. (plant status)
At the table
In addition to the typical products of the whole Valtellina, like Bresaola IGP or pizzoccheri, Chiavennasco is famous for the production of honey and mountain cheeses.
Safety
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Chiavennasco
Commons contains images or other files on Chiavennasco
