EPIC COMO
This is the story of my adventures at the city of Como, how I arrived there and what happens there. The story begins in Milan, I meet Doctor Massimo and her wife close to Genova Gate, I was invited for them to have a lunch. While we were waiting for the food, I talked to Doctor Massimo at the terrace. We talked about my trip, history, literature and more, he’s a very wise and cultured person. It’s then when I realize who he is, he is Virgil, because I am a writer and for me this journey is the paradise, therefore I am Dante, and he is Virgil. But where is Beatrice? At paradise is Beatrice the guide, not Virgil, but seems that times change, and God let Virgil, being a wise and good person, come to the paradise, and Beatrice will come to the story, but to the last part, like in the Divine Comedy.
When the food was ready, we came to eat, and this was delicious, I don’t have doubts, it’s the best meal in the journey. The intellectual and mathematician Massimo’s wife was very kind person with me, and their daughter and granddaughter too, who come to the lunch too. I thank a lot this beautiful family. The doctor invited me to visit him in his house in Como and I accepted it. His house is in the countryside, on the outskirts of Como. He shares with me the best food, wine, and coffee. I feel like a duke, even if I am only a homeless globetrotter. Here I discovered a document on the wall, and when I read it, I realize that he is a Knight, a real Knight, a Knight of the Republic of Italy, wow, I couldn’t believe that! I stayed in a house of a knight. I know that there are Nobile titles in monarchy, but I didn’t imagine exist them in a Republic. But for me was like de Quixote adventures, when he arrives with a house of a knight, but this time I am not crazy… or maybe a little, but the knight title is real, and this is amazing.
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When we leave for Como, Virgil guided me by a special way, to Saint Firmus of the Battle. Then, we met a Garibaldi with his Hunters of the Alps, and we joined them, and there I was there, riding with a knight and Garibaldi, it’s crazy. Meanwhile, at Saint Firmus, the Austrian army was waiting for us, but with the strategy of Garibaldi we could defeat them and take the church of Saint Firmus, even if Karl of Cristoforis fell. Then, for my participation in the battle, the condottiere Garibaldi and the Knight Massimo ordered me knight. After this we went to Como and entered by the left, while the Austrian leave by the south without combat, because they knew that the people were not loyal to them, and after this adventure liberating Como and participating in the unification of Italy, we say goodbye to Garibaldi, and we came back from the 1859 to 2022.
We visited Villa Olmo, in the north, between Chiasso, in Switzerland and the center of Como, it’s a palace on the shores of the lake with a big garden with many statues of Greco-Roman gods in front of the beautiful lake Como, you can see in the background of the landscape the green mountains picturesque houses by the lake. Inside, the palace is a museum itself, with a monumental architecture, a lot of statues and paintings, even there is a small theater inside, a family theater in the times when people lived here, a beautiful place.
After, we travel in time again and we visited the walls and towers of Como, the defenses of the city constructed many of these in the times of the ruler Barbarossa. I wanted to know this personage at Aachen, but I met him here with his wife, at the Baradello Castle, on the mountain, protecting the city. It’s wonderful to know the emperor Barbarossa. After this, we come back to home. The knight Massimo is a musician too, he plays the guitar, and he has written many songs, he sang in the evening, while the sun was falling in the horizon, and while I waited for the next adventures.
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