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The antecedent facts - Year 1516

For about twenty years the Lombard and Venetian regions have been invaded by foreign soldiers who brought with them devastation, robberies, rapes and any other kind of cruelty. The rich and laborious fields and countries around Milan became silent because of the periodic incursions of Swiss, Spanish, French and Lansquenets troupes, which depredated, set on fire, killed and destroyed everything they found on their way.

In the upper part of Lake Como, the Tre Pievi (Three Parish) Musso, Dongo and Gravedona, which for several reasons had succeeded in freeing themselves from the Grisons’ dominion, entered into alliance with the French. Unfortunately, as soon as the French withdrew some of their forces, they were easily re conquered.

At this point, the French armed a fleet of thirty boats and attacked the enemies, gaining back the Tre Pievi, thus allowing many local families, who sought shelter in Menaggio, Torno and Como, to go back to their villages.

This situation lasted for a long time, also due to the splitting of the inhabitants into two factions: one supporting the French and the other the Grisons
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