Vercurago

Vercurago
Vercürach
Views on Vercurago
Vercurago
Location within Lombardy
Vercurago
Location within Italy
Coordinates: 45°49′0″N 9°25′0″E / 45.81667°N 9.41667°E / 45.81667; 9.41667
Sovereign StateItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceProvince of Lecco
Settled by Longobards814[1] as Vercoriaco
FrazioniSomasca
Government
 • TypeMayor-council government
 • MayorCarlo Greppi (Ind.)
Area
 • Total
2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (31 May 2018)[2]
 • Total
2,817
 • Density1,325/km2 (3,430/sq mi)
DemonymVercuraghesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode (CAP)
23808
Area code0341
Vehicle registrationLC
Land registry codeL751
Patron saintSan Gerolamo Emiliani, Saints Gervasius and Protasius
Festivity day8 February
Website[1]

Vercurago (Bergamasque: Vercürach) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of Lecco. Vercurago borders the following municipalities: Calolziocorte, Erve, Garlate, Lecco, Olginate.

Main sights

In Vercurago lies the Castle of the Francesco Bernardino Visconti, the Unnamed of Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed, a powerful lord to whom the main villain, Don Rodrigo, turns to abduct the heroine Lucia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Vercurago history". Comune di Vercurago. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Vercurago Populations". Istat. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ "The castle of the Unnamed". leccotourism.it. Retrieved 5 July 2025.