Visit Lake Como, Italy, Europe. Travel tips and advice for this most beautiful of Italian lakes.
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Visit Lake Como Italy video shot today of a Hydrofoil superfast boat.
Hydrofoils let a boat go faster by getting the hull out of the water. When a normal boat moves forward, most of the energy expended goes into moving the water in front of the boat out of the way (by pushing the hull through it). Hydrofoils lift the hull out of the water so that you only have to overcome the drag on the foils instead of all of the drag on the hull.
The foils on a hydrofoil boat are much smaller than the wings (foils) on an airplane. This is because water is about 1000 times as dense as air. The higher density also means that the foils do not have to move anywhere near as fast as a plane before they generate enough lift to push the boat out of the water.
The hydrofoils generate lift only when they are in the water; if they leave the water, the boat will crash down onto the surface of the water (and thus submerge the foils) until the foils generate enough lift to lift it back out.
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Photograph of the Church of the Bendictine woman's convent on Isola Comacina on our Visit to Lake Como Italy
Photograph of the Church of the Bendictine woman's convent on Isola Comacina on our Visit to Lake Como Italy.
The South and North walls, and the lower part of the apse of the medieval church are well preserved. The surface of the wall is very regular with large square ashlar blocks and Lombard bands at the uppermost course of the wall. The original interior of the wall has been lost due to alterations. the ceiling, covered with cross vaults, has been lowered and replaced with a barrel vault. A crib, a basin and a stone bench have been propped against the partially preserved walls. The two small apses are still well preserved.
Photograph of the archiological excavations on Isola Comacina on visit to Lake Como Italy
Photograph of the archiological excavations on Isola Comacina on visit to Lake Como Italy.
Remains of Roman marble columns preserved beneath the church of St. John, early Christian evidence such as the usual biabsidate room with wall frescoes and mosaic fragments, and numerous remains of Romanesque churches, among which the crypt of the basilica of St. Euphemia and Stonework of the square complex of SS. Faustino and Jovita: All this constitutes the precious heritage of Comacina along with many artifacts that were recovered during archaeological campaigns that are displayed in the museum in Ossuccio Antiquarium.
The Crypt of the basilicata on Isola Comacina on our visit to Lake Como Italy
Photograph of the crypt of the basilicata on Isola Comcina on our visit to Lake Como Italy.
Friday, 7 September 2012
Visit Lake Como Italy video today from the excavations of Isola Comacina
Visit Lake Como Italy video today from the excavations of Isola Comacina
At about a hundred metres from the west coast, in the municipality of Ossuccio, stands the only island of lake Como. roughly 600 metres long and only 200 metres wide, the Comacina comprises a total of 6 hectars, mostly covered by lush Mediterranean vegetation.
Visit Lake Como Italy video shot today of George Clooney's House Villa Oleandra
Visit Lake Como Italy video shot today of George Clooney's House Villa Oleandra.
Lake Como, Italy has long been a haven for celebrities seeking reprieve from the spotlight. It is not uncommon to see Catherine Zeta Jones, Robert De Niro, or Madonna dining at a local restaurant. But when George Clooney fell in love with the place nine years ago, the tiny town was transformed from casual celebrity hangout into a paparazzi paradise. It might never be the same. Laglio on the west shore of the Lake is best known for it's celebrity status when George Clooney bought his Villa Oleandra back in 2002.
Most amazing Visit Lake Como Italy video shot today in Argengo of a Water Jet
Most amazing Visit Lake Como Italy video shot today in Argengo of a Water Jet
Today we saw the most amazing sport on the lake. A Water Jet which works with thrust of water. The person is floating 2-3 metres above waterlevel only by the power of water. Amazing.
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