Prato San Pietro

frazione of Cortenova, Italy

Prato San Pietro (Valassinese is a Borgo of Cortenova in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Milan and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Lecco.

  • 3 miglia piulla sitruova liedifiti della vena delrame e dello arzento presso auna terra detta Pra Sancto Petro e vene di fero e cose fantastiche». [...] sono molto più frigidi luoghi delli altri della valle per esser sottoposti al monte Grigna, assai questo gli nuoce. Imperocché gli asconde il sole, che poco o nulla sopra lor riluce, da che entra in Scorpione fin che si n’esce d’Aquario (Modern Italian)
    • 3 miles further on is the building of the vein of copper and silver near a land called Prato San Pietro and veins of iron and fantastic things. (referring to Mine of Prato San Pietro, Cortenova) [...] The other places in the valley are much colder due to being under the mountain Grigna, this hurts them a lot. Also because it hides the sun, which gives little or nothing above it, from the moment it enters Scorpio until it leaves Aquarius.
  • In the past, the rich bought houses and villas only on the hills of Lake Como, as Pliny did with Villa Commedia, in order not to lose their sight and to avoid flooding. "The poor went to the shore to have the water lick their feet".
    • In passato i ricchi compravano le case e le ville solo sulle colline del Lago di Como, come fece Plinio con villa Commedia, per non perdersi la vista e per non avere allagamenti. "In riva a farsi lambire i piedi dall'acqua ci andavano i poveri".

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