Bellagio

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Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Bellagio-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Bellagio
region = Lombardy
province = Como (CO)
elevation_m = | area_total_km2 =26
population_as_of =
population_total =2945
population_density_km2 =113
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|59|N|09|15|E}
frazioni =
telephone = 031

postalcode = 22021
gentilic = Bellagini (it.); Belagìn (west.lmo.)
saint = Saint James
day = July 25
mayor = Mario Gatti
website = [http://www.comune.bellagio.co.it www.comune.bellagio.co.it]

Bellagio is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario. Bellagio is situated at the tip of the peninsula separating the lake's two southern arms, with the Alps visible across the lake to the north.

Transport

Plane

The airports nearest to Bellagio are:
* Malpensa International Airport (MXP) in Milan
* Linate Airport (LIN) in Milan
* Orio al Serio International Airport (BGY) in Bergamo

Train

Multiple options:
* take a train from Milan to Como
* take a train from Milan to Varenna
* take a train from Milan to LeccoFor more information on trains, see Trenitalia.

Hydrofoil

A hydrofoil runs from Como to Bellagio, making stops at the other towns on Lake Como along the way. A ferry also runs from Varenna to Bellagio. For more information, visit [http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/eng/com/nlc.html Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi] .

Road

Bellagio is accessible by narrow and windy roads from Como and Lecco. Public buses run daily from Como to Bellagio.An alternative could be to follow the four lane road on the eastern shore of the lake, arrive to Varenna and get on the ferry to Bellagio.

The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center

The Rockefeller Foundation has operated its Bellagio Center on Lake Como since 1960. The Bellagio Center operates two main programs: residencies and conferences. The residency program offers influential scholars, artists, writers, scientists, policymakers and other professionals from around the world the opportunity to pursue ideas and to engage others in their work. The conference program aims to bring notable and diverse participants from around the world together to share ideas, to debate and to collaborate.

Literary references

A visit to Bellagio served as the occasion for American poet Amy Clampitt's long poem "Rain at Bellagio." The poem runs to ten pages in her "Collected Poems." An excerpt reads:

:Out on the lake a white traghetto, moving:almost without pause from one shore to the other,:a punctual amphibious spider, skeins:into one zigzag the descending:clatter from the campaniles of Bellagio,:of Varenna and Cadenabbia, as though reining:the fragments of experience into one process —

External links

* [http://www.comune.bellagio.co.it Comune di Bellagio] official website it icon en icon
* [http://www.bellagiolakecomo.com/ Bellagio's Association of Tourism and Economic Operators]
* [http://www.bellagiolakecomo.com/inglese/cs_storia_bellagio.php History of Bellagio]
* [http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/eng/com/nlc.html Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi] for information on the hydrofoil it icon en iconcommons|Bellagio