Landolfo tries to enter in Como, being useful for the presence of emperor Enrico V, but i comaschi they counterattack and under the commando of Adam of the Pear tree they assault the castle of Saint George in Ticino, kill noble from Milan and rapiscono Landolfo Bishop. It was "casus beautiful" that the from Milan ones waited for in order to prepare the attack of Como, than subi' one defeat to Rebbio allowing to the from Milan ones to enter in city, to plunder and to free Landolfo. The comaschi then they were resumed driving away the from Milan ones from the city. The conflict however continued, also because the from Milan ones formed an alliance with the Comacina Island that attacco' the comaschi from the lago.
From that Como date, with the aid of the Barbarossa, it begins to reconstruct a fort arranges defensive, especially towards Milan, composed from it walls citizens with towers and a wall that gives the Baradello goes until to the Castelnuovo over the village of Saint Martino.
Federico Barbarossa returns in Italy in 1158, he convenes a second diet to Roncaglia and imposes to Common the Lombardic ones just to be able and restores a commando system so as to to control every shape to be able jurisdictional of public nature, being involved in this the familiar lordships, he privileges ecclesiastics and the city magistracies. To this system the papacy is opposed and recommences years of wars that are involved all the Lombardy and you respect alignments to you.
Como flanks the Barbarossa in all its initiatives and, after to have received it in city in 1160, it participates with its troops to I besiege and the destruction of Milan in 1162. In the years succeeded to you the comaschi memori of the attacks endured from the inhabitants of the Comacina Island it allies to you to Milan, are prepared forming an alliance with the three Pievi altolariane. It begins therefore along I besiege, with frequent naval crashs in waters close to the Island: The comacini they ask aid Milan, but unfortunately the old ones ally to you are not in a position to helping the isolani, than after a debilitating resistance using all the possible ones defended are forced to yield.
E' year 1169. The Island comes invaded, given to flames and shaved to the ground
with houses, churches, castles and all how much of were constructed. The little isolani escape you to the slaughter escape on little boats and they are sheltered from the old friends of Varenna, where they founded living that they called "New Insula".