Fort Fuentes
Fort Fuentes, Italian: Forte di Fuentes, is a former military fort on the hill of Montecchio or Monteggiolo near Colico, in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, northern Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours:
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
public holidays: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM - Email: info@fortedifuentes.it
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 17th century Spanish defensive fort in Colico, Lecco, Italy
- Also known as: “Forte di Fuentes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Montecchio North and Santi Angeli Custodi church.
Fort Montecchio North
Photo: Maurizio Moro5153, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Montecchio-Lusardi is a military fort situated in Colico, in the province of Lecco, northern Italy. It was built between 1911 and 1914. It is the only Italian fort from World War I which has been preserved intact with its original weapons. Fort Montecchio North is situated 1½ km west of Fort Fuentes.
Santi Angeli Custodi church
Church
Photo: Ysogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santi Angeli Custodi church is situated 1½ km southwest of Fort Fuentes.
Colico railway station
Railway station
Photo: Halina Frederiksen, CC BY 3.0.
Colico railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Tirano–Lecco railway and the Colico-Chiavenna railway, it serves the town of Colico. Colico railway station is situated 2½ km southwest of Fort Fuentes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curcio and Nuova Olonio.
Curcio
Village
Curcio is a part of the mainland of Colico, Lombardy, northern Italy. The name Curcio is first mentioned in a slab dated 1585, which can still be seen as a part of the public washing fountain of the town.
Bugiallo
Hamlet
Photo: Ominotondo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bugiallo is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km north of Fort Fuentes.
Fort Fuentes
- Categories: castle, archaeological park, military museum building, private museum, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Gera Lario, Province of Como, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
46.14762° or 46° 8′ 51″ northLongitude
9.40408° or 9° 24′ 15″ eastInception
October 25th, 1603Open location code
8FRF4CX3+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 184058547OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1238871
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Fort Fuentes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Fuentes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن فوينتيس”
- Galician: “Forte de Fuentes”
- Italian: “Forte di Fuentes (resti)”
- Italian: “Forte di Fuentes”
- Italian: “Forte Fuentes”
- Latin: “Fuentesi Fortalitia”
- Macedonian: “Тврдина Фуентес”
- Macedonian: “Тврдината Фуентес”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Fuentes”
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Highlights include Molini and Palazzo del Duca.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Fuentes”. Photo: adirricor, CC BY 3.0.