Маяк Лиерны (озеро Комо)
# Маяк Лиерны (озеро Комо)

Il Faro di Lierna is an imposing granite stele created by the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, located in Lierna in Lombardy, on the shore of Lake Como.

## History

The work created in 1926 by the Milanese sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, was inaugurated with the participation of the Duke of Aosta Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, nephew of the first King of Italy.

Castiglioni, who was among the most significant sculptors of the Italian 20th century, was inspired by one of his works called the Lighthouse, in which a woman raises a child towards the lake.

The majestic monument, located in Piazza di Lierna, sees at the foot of the stele, a fountain of water, from which the Val Donedo healing water flows, also mentioned by the Ancient Romans, while on the top there is a functioning lighthouse. Castiglioni completed the monumental stairs that descend to the lake, with the metaphor of symbolizing a waterfall from the fountain that descends into the lake.

Castiglioni, like Leonardo da Vinci, has always been a scholar of the motions of the water.

During 2016 the complete conservative restoration of the work of art was carried out.

## Image gallery

* Castiglioni stairway, like a waterfall on the lake, Piazzetta di Lierna Lake Como,1940.
* Il Faro of Lierna by Castiglioni

## Related pages

* Giannino Castiglioni
* Lierna
