{{Short description|Lombardi hamlet in northern Italy}} {{Expand Italian|topic=geo|Somasca|date=February 2017}}
[[Image:Santuario di Somasca - Lecco.JPG|thumb|250px|The Sanctuary of Somasca, which honours the memory of Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, overlooks Lake Como.]] thumb|right|250px|Location of the province of Lecco
'''Somasca'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia |url=http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=15219&r=721423 |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=5 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202822/http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=15219&r=721423 | archive-date=2018-11-05 }}</ref> is a hamlet in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, situated in the hills overlooking the south-eastern branch of Lake Como. For purposes of local government it counts as a ''frazione'' of the Commune of Vercurago, which falls within the Province of Lecco.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vercurago Timeline |url=http://www.comune.vercurago.lc.it/index.php/allegati-news/68-linea-del-tempo/file |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=4 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304193848/http://www.comune.vercurago.lc.it/index.php/allegati-news/68-linea-del-tempo/file |archive-date=2017-03-04 }}</ref>
==History== Somasca is known chiefly for having given its name to the Somaschi Fathers, an order of priests devoted to charitable works which was founded by Saint Gerolamo Emiliani in 1532.
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Category:Frazioni of the Province of Lecco Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy
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