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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