Colico - Abbazia di Piona

The "Abbazia di Piona" (= "Priorato di Piona") is not easy to find. It is located on a promontory stretching out into Lake Como, offering panoramic views of the "Lago" and the mountains behind.

A church, dedicated to Saint Justina existed in the late 7th century. The ruin of the apse can still be found. Today´s single nave church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was completed before 1138. The Benedictine priory founded here had ties to Cluny. The cloister was added around 1240.

The sign reads "Si prega di non scrivere sui muri" - "Please do not write on the walls". Since 1938 Cistercian monks have revitalized the complex, so this is a convent again.

In the background workers prepare a stage for the festival "Musica sull'Acqua".


www.abbaziadipiona.it/