Some armor leftover from days gone by, displayed in tower.

Ty viewing the town from his perch. The Comacini came after the war with Como in 1169, and built two watching towers, one of the right side of Lario and the other on the mountain overlooing all the lake. It would be very difficult to attack this stronghold head on because of its location.

The boys checking out the castle. Tyler found a crossbow in that alcove. We were told that old weapons were still laying around. It is so Italian not to worry about any of this, especially crossbows with little boys.

You are not seeing things, those are outlines of ghosts on the steps and under the stairs. The ghosts are made of white chalk every summer by using tourist. The volunteering tourist are covered in gauze and white chalk for twenty mintes until the chalk dries. The sculptures remain in the castle until the snows destroy them.

Modern day conveniences are seen by the roads connecting these mountain towns. Back in the day, these were walked.

Not my favorite tower to climb. I am more of a stone step girl, then I can't see how far I have come up so I don't know how far I have to go when I fall. Thank heavens the kids go ahead and let me know which stair is really lose.

The original mechanism to draw the door to the tower is still usd today.

What remains of one of the watch towers built, this one is on the lake side.