Cornizzolo

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Mount Cornizzolo (in local Insubric Curnisciöö) is an Italian mountain situated in the province of Lecco, Lombardy.

The peak is crowned by a cross and reaches 1.241 metres in altitude while the Maria Consigliere hut, open every Sunday throughout the year, can be found at 1.100 metres above sea level. Mount Cornizzolo is well known amongst hang gliding and paragliding fans, because it has got a launch camp available almost all year.

An element of historical interest is the Abbey of San Pietro al Monte, an 11th century building which is located in a little valley on the mountain. It's a holy mountain, seat of Preceltic (e.g. the Coppelle: cult of Water), Celtic (e.g. the Cepp da l'Angua: cult of Anguana), Roman (e.g. the Fons Sacer: cult of Mars) and Christian worships. There are, at the foot of the mountain: the Shrine of Saint Miro, the Chapel of Saint Michael at Lazzaretto, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, La Santa, the Church of Saint Francis, the Church of the Saints Vitus and Modest, the Monastery of Saint Calocero, the Church of Saint Nazarus, the Church of Saint Andrew at Isella, the Pilgrims' House, the Church of Saint Steven, the Chapel of Our Lady of Caravaggio, the Monastery of Barnabite Fathers, the Church of Saint Lorence, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snow, the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Church of Saint Antony, the Church of Saint Martin, the Church of Saint Thomas, and many other religious buildings.

Holcim mutinational society is going to add another quarry, next to the Abbey, destroying the 500 "casotte" traditional construction, and injuring more the profile of the mountain.