Lierna Castle

Lierna Castle (Castello di Lierna), located in Lierna, it stands on a peninsula jutting out into the Lake Como, is a fortress built originally in the Romanesque period, with characteristics "of fortified bulwark erected using the defensibility of a peninsula jutting out into the water".

History
The castle was the subject of battles between Milan and Como of 1124, has become the home for a long time Queen Teodolinda, Queen of the Lombards in Italy and 589 to 616 century. In 1532 Castle Lierna after becoming the primary naval base and strategic which were possible through the many achievements of Gian Giacomo Medici, grandson of San Carlo Borromeo and brother of Angelo (which became Pope Pius IV) who often stayed at Lierna, it will be conquered by the troops of Grisons through extreme hardship and historic naval battles. Within the village of Castle is the church of Saints Maurice and Lazarus with frescoes of the fifteenth century, built originally in the times of 'ancient Rome, was designed to carry out its functions even during sieges, why is the apse facing the lake as a protective rampart and access is inside the castle walls.

Foundation of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
January 22, 1573 at the Castle Church of Lierna, a Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, by issuing a Papal Bull of Pope Gregory XIII, founded the Order of dynastic House of Savoy called Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and still exists today, in memory of which houses a bronze bell bearing the emblem of the Order of the Royal House of Italy.