Northern Italy is home to a number of glacial lakes that are considered high-end real estate today. Lake Como (Lago Di Como) attracts famous people from all over the world, and everyone wants to see Isola Comacina, the island that sits on that lake.
Search the web for A-listers that are associated with real estate there. What attracts them? Realize that people have searched for this place long before modern times. Ancient history is best revealed by an authoritative ancient historian. The Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus is a highly reliable source of information. Tacitus wrote extensively about the political power wielded by the Roman emperors Nero, Claudius, and Tiberius, as well as four other successive emperors during the tumultuous year of AD 69. C.
In his writings, Tacitus describes a Germanic people (the Suebi) who occupied the Lake District of northern Italy. Later historians further defined these Germanic peoples as “the Lombards,” from which the Lombardy region of northern Italy (where Lake Como resides) was derived. I would not say that Rome conquered the Lombards there, although they certainly waged war on them and fought there. It was more as if the Romans assimilated the Lombards into their empire. Simultaneously, the Romans were seduced, over time, to appreciate and respect the Lombards, to settle among them and enjoy the beauty of the lakes.
As the Roman Empire receded, others filled the void: the Goths, the Franks, powerful feudal families like the Visconti family, and the influence of Charles V of Spain. The region also attracted many orders of monks, who established monasteries in some of the prettiest, but somewhat inaccessible parts of the region, usually with the help of a powerful and wealthy benefactor who wanted the monks to record their personal or family history. The monks, always focused inward, also introduced a lot of agriculture, especially the cultivation of vineyards and the fermentation of wine.
Many people want to visit this region and many wealthy people want to live in one of the lakes in northern Italy. Experience the qualities of this place that speak to them. Will they also talk to you?
