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In search of the dragon

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Vezio,_Varenna,_Italia,_2016-06-25,_DD_01.jpg)

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Long ago the lake was much bigger and was called Gerundo. They say a dragon lived in it, Tarantasio: Uberto Visconti is said to have killed it, and that feat is supposedly where the Biscione came from.

Where to look for it: on the central door of the Duomo, on the façade of San Marco, at the Castello Sforzesco, in Piazza dei Mercanti and in the crypt of San Giovanni in Conca. On the lake, the Lariosauro is waiting for you at the Castello di Vezio.

The day, stop by stop

  1. Duomo di Milano Milano The dragon on the central door
  2. Castello Sforzesco Milano The place with the most dragons
  3. Castello di Vezio Perledo The Lariosauro exhibition

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