The man who challenges himself is measured by his own habits, historical and cultural legacies. His daily adventure shapes the thinking of a universal humanity. Cradle of The Betrothed, Lecco is identified with the first novel written in the Italian language. A historical, sociological and cultural heritage to be discovered through the places of the protagonists and the villa that hosted the writer Alessandro Manzoni summer after summer. This makes Lecco a historical-literary destination for scholars, literati, professors and pupils:

not just school trips, but wanderings along the paths of our history.
But Lecco is not only this. Few know its Roman origins, its medieval period of which the Torre Viscontea is the visible evidence of the ancient fortress of the mighty castle that encircled the town of Lecco, while the walls can be visited by reservation to discover an underground city still unknown to the most. Then there is Palazzo delle Paure, home to exhibitions of international importance, and the ”matitone”: the well-known
bell tower of the Basilica of San Nicolò, which stands out with its iconoclastic shape, over the gulf of Lake Lecco.