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Festa di San Giovanni

In the first years of the 1100 d.c., it was begining to delineate a conflict where motivations of political character emerge, economic and religious.

  • Politician for the dualism papacy - empire (Guelfi for papacy and Ghibellines for empire) and tried you of autonomy from part of the Common ones
  • Economic for the control of the alpine passes
  • Religious for the contested designation of the Bishop of Como; in fact the empire Landolfo nomination from Carcano, the Pope nomination I guide Grimoldi a lot loved from the population of Como.

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.

The conflict resumed around to 1120 and continued in the following years being involved also all the surrounding territories; the comaschi they prepare 12 boats and they begin to be revenged on the lands that had given support to Milan. They begin from Tremezzo, then Lierna, Varenna, Lezzeno, Varese, See. In the Como meantime Pievi riconcilia with the three and forts of that besiege the Comacina Island.

The perledesi nottetempo notice of the encirclement from part of the ships comasche of the Comacina Island, endured play the horns allertano all the territory the "actions to the crews" come assemble the Varennati to you, join in order to carry aid to all the port of Olive grove are blessed from the Prevosto of the Pieve and therefore they are embarked and they moved in aid of the Comacinati to the time of the Island, the battle is sour cruenta and hard, while the Comacinati is opposed arduously and directly making stone use, giavellotti, darts of varied kind.

It allies I noticed in aid try to you to take the fleet comasca to the shoulders. The tried ones there were vain to the point that after some days the Island is taken and depredated. All that happens in year 1124. To the Como end, also because of scarcities and of the dead women of Grimoldi Bishop who was the spirit of the resistance comasca, began to yield and to endure unravelled until when the from Milan ones delivered the decisive attack in 1127, conquered the city and they razed to the ground Como, Coloniola and Borgovico with the exception of the churches and the religious buildings.

For a decade the comaschi they are submitted to Milan, until when he was elect emperor Federico Barbarossa in 1153. Costui in its politics of reconquers of the equal dignity with the papacy and of reorganization of the autonomy and the power of the great cities, it wants to reconquer the hegemony on common the Lombardic ones, restoring the feudale system whose hierarchy makes head the emperor. It comes down in Italy, in 1154 convenes a diet to Roncaglia, where the representatives of Milan offer much money to it in exchange of the imperial acknowledgment and their dominion on Como and Lodi. The emperor refuses, removes the sovereignty rights and puts to the Milan ban.


Church of Saint Giovanni
For the Barbarossa Como it represents a strategic position, is dal geographic point of view is for the annoso conflict with Milan. Como participates to flank of the Barbarossa against Milan in 1155, after that the emperor Federico imposes to Milan to remove whichever dominion on Como.

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".