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Abbazia <strong>di</strong> Piona<br />

© 2011 A. Sampietro<br />

© 2011 A. Sampietro<br />

L’Abbazia <strong>di</strong> Piona è ubicata <strong>in</strong> una<br />

splen<strong>di</strong>da posizione sulla sponda<br />

orientale del Lario, all’estremità<br />

della piccola penisola <strong>di</strong> Olgiasca<br />

che <strong>di</strong>fende una profonda <strong>in</strong>senatura<br />

del Lago <strong>di</strong> Como, nota appunto<br />

come laghetto <strong>di</strong> Piona. La<br />

vista che si gode sulle montagne<br />

dell’Alto lago è splen<strong>di</strong>da.<br />

La storia <strong>di</strong> Piona mette ra<strong>di</strong>ce nel<br />

610, quando sulla penisola venne<br />

fondato un oratorio de<strong>di</strong>cato a<br />

Santa Giust<strong>in</strong>a. Fu riconsacrato<br />

nel 1138 e nel 1169 <strong>di</strong>venne un<br />

monastero dell’ord<strong>in</strong>e dei cluniacensi.<br />

La chiesa abbaziale è costruita<br />

secondo il tipico modello dei piccoli<br />

e<strong>di</strong>fici romanici della zona <strong>di</strong><br />

Como. All’<strong>in</strong>terno spiccano due leoni<br />

<strong>in</strong> marmo che reggono un’acquasantiera<br />

e affreschi del XIII<br />

secolo.<br />

A lato della chiesa si entra nel<br />

suggestivo chiostro, costruito<br />

tra 1252 e 1275, <strong>in</strong> uno stile <strong>di</strong><br />

transizione tra romanico e gotico,<br />

circondato da bellissime colonn<strong>in</strong>e<br />

con motivi figurati e vegetali.<br />

Sempre nel chiostro spiccano due<br />

affreschi del XII e XIII secolo.<br />

Dopo la costruzione del chiostro<br />

<strong>in</strong>iziò la decadenza del monastero<br />

f<strong>in</strong>o alla soppressione nel 1798.<br />

La r<strong>in</strong>ascita avvenne nel XX secolo<br />

e negli anni Sessanta fu elevato<br />

ad abbazia.<br />

Intorno agli e<strong>di</strong>fici abbaziali si<br />

stende una vasta zona verde, conservata<br />

dai monaci Cistercensi,<br />

che <strong>di</strong>stillano ottimi liquori e <strong>in</strong>fusi<br />

d’erbe.<br />

The boat ride to the Piona Abbey<br />

gives you the possibility of admir<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the beautiful mounta<strong>in</strong> scenery<br />

around the northern part of the lake<br />

The Abbey stands <strong>in</strong> a wonderful<br />

position on the eastern shore of<br />

the lake at the end of the Olgiasca<br />

pen<strong>in</strong>sula, overlook<strong>in</strong>g the small <strong>in</strong>ner<br />

lake of Piona. The Abbey is of<br />

great historical and artistic <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />

Its history beg<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> 610, when an<br />

oratory was founded on the pen<strong>in</strong>sula,<br />

de<strong>di</strong>cated to Santa Giust<strong>in</strong>a.<br />

In 1138 it was consecrated and <strong>in</strong><br />

1169 it became a Cluniac monastery.<br />

The church of the abbey (of the XI<br />

century) was built accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />

typical model of the small Romanesque<br />

build<strong>in</strong>gs of the Como area.<br />

Remarkable <strong>in</strong>side the church are<br />

the two marble lions which are the<br />

bases of the stoups and the frescos<br />

of the 13th century.<br />

The stunn<strong>in</strong>g cloister at the side of<br />

the church built between 1252 and<br />

1275, is a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of Romanesque<br />

and gothic style. It is surrounded<br />

by ref<strong>in</strong>ed columns and<br />

decorated with pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>di</strong>fferent<br />

periods.<br />

After the construction of the cloister<br />

the declension of the abbey started<br />

and <strong>in</strong> 1798 it was closed. The revival<br />

took place <strong>in</strong> the 20th century<br />

and <strong>in</strong> the 19 sixties it became an<br />

abbey. It is kept by the Cistercian<br />

Monks who <strong>di</strong>stil excellent liqueurs<br />

and herbs <strong>in</strong>fusions. From the boat<br />

dock the abbey can be reached on<br />

foot <strong>in</strong> 5 m<strong>in</strong>utes

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