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Unusual Attractions in Como

Tempio Voltiano

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

Roman Baths of Como

This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.

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Lanzo D'intelvi, Italy

Balcony of Italy (Balcone d'Italia)

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

11 miles from Como

Faceless Nuns of the Torba Monastery

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

11 miles from Como

Limbiate, Italy

Giuseppe Antonini

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

13 miles from Como

Consonno, Italy

Consonno

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

14 miles from Como

Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

15 miles from Como

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