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The charm of “Made in Italy” legend has it that do not die ever and they are all the same. Words, of course. Or legends, if you want to give a touch of mystery. The fact remains, however, that the increasingly powerful Chinese have a weak – or rather, a very weak – the beauty and the classic status-symbol tricolori. And comaschi, of course.
The last case that testifies in a blatant dates back to the last Sunday in July. That is, when a delegation of Chinese, including powerful industrialists, bankers and politicians of the Sichuan region – the region in a manner of speaking, with 87 million inhabitants – has made a stop in Como for a business trip. A short passage in Como, with a visit to a company of the city of industrial-pharmaceutical branch. For discretion, we will not name of company – the world leader in its sector – but we can reveal some detail of what a group of powerful Chinese businessmen ask (politely and usually) host entrepreneurs to enjoy the true taste of the journey.
Unable to resist the temptation to climb aboard a Ferrari, for example, while probably none so more than one apiece. But would you put a Ferrari vista, tried and shot in Italy, compared to one in China?
Second request inevitable: a speedboat trip on the Lake. Live postcard. With explicit wish: to see the villas, certainly, but above all: l’oleandra of Laglio, and this testifies to how much and how far the promotional power of George Clooney.
Third and confirmed the Group’s China request: have lunch at Villa d’Este, sit at the table of one of the world’s most famous hotels. Then celebrate the exhilaration of traveling on the Lake with the most prestigious wines and great dishes. Only with a small variation: the watered of tabasco, on everything. De gustibus.

The charm of Lake Como knows no bounds. And so it happens that people who drove for 33 years, and Yemen risked big during the “Arab spring”, now a golden exile dreams on the Lario.
Is Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen, but still powerful enough to suppress the revolt and barter his “down” from the throne with immunity.
Saleh was seriously injured during an assault on his headquarters in Sana’a on 3 June 2011. He had been hospitalized in Saudi Arabia and worked in a military hospital while being initiated procedures for the transfer of powers to former Vice-President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
Now the former Yemeni President Saleh might choose a quiet convalescence right on Lake Como. Why the Lario? Because Saleh has already been on the Lake for a short trip during which he met, away from prying eyes, the former Saudi defence minister Sultan bin Abdulaziz. The news was reported in recent days by the newspaper “La Repubblica”, while the news of his impending departure were launched by the news agencies Associated Press and France Presse.
The former strong man of the State at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula had gotten in recent days also a visa from Italy for medical care. Medical care or Golden exile? The news has bounced immediately Arab newspapers. Rome, in fact, had accepted the request for asylum immediately, unlike other Western countries.
Saleh’s family but of the lifespan for a tenure of Ali Abdullah in Saudi Arabia. And this is not any family, since his son was, until a few months ago, the Commander of the presidential guard, his half-brother commands the armed forces and the clan of Yemeni Saleh is still the most powerful in the country.
The clan of Saleh feared that, during his stay on Lake Como, the former President could be indicted for human rights violations during the revolt of 2011. The game is still open. The arrival of Arabic in Italy could also mean great deals for the national economy. Italian companies would in fact participate in the creation of new water desanilizzazione plants that in the future the Yemen never thirst again.

From the world towards Lake Como among the ten favorite provinces arriving from abroad to the art cities and the Lakes even before beaches. These are the engines that move every year millions of foreign tourists to the beautiful country. And thanks to the presence of one of these powerful and effective poles of attraction, province of Como, which boasts one of the Lakes favoured by foreign vacationers, enters the title in the top ten of the Italian provinces that enjoy more of the beneficial influx of foreigners.
The survey, which analyzed the flow of foreign tourists into Italy, taking into account two years, 2008 and 2012, has also compiled the ranking of the ten provinces that attract the largest number of foreigners and that most other benefit from money spent by foreign tourists in hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and so on.
In both rankings Como stands out thanks to its Lake has indeed earned positions between 2008 and 2012, rising from 9° to 7° place regarding the number of foreign tourists who stay in our province.
The 2012 has been a record year in terms of foreign travelers ‘ spending, up from 644 million euro of 2008 to 655 million last year, after losing ground in 2009 (588 million) and especially in 2010 (525 million). So much so that the last annual report on the State of the economy lariana drawn up by the Chamber of Commerce says that in 2012 the spending of foreign travelers in the province of Como, reached its historical maximum to 655 million euros (+4% compared to the previous year) by retrieving the levels of 2008. ”
It’s a real treasure that each year it rains on the Lario thanks to foreigners and that closer to reality than Como emblazoned like Rome, Milan, Venice and Florence. Provinces in the top ten charts drawn up by researchers of Confesercenti-Ref, in which appear Varese, Brescia and Verona, territories that, similarly to How beneficial can count on the presence of a Lake, be it major or the Garda.
As regards the province of Como, foreign tourists during the 2012 stay on the shores of the Lake were over 700 thousand (out of a total of 1,046,603 tourists arrived in the Cove), with an increase of 2.5% from the previous year, for a total of almost 2 million attendance days or nights spent in accommodation Lake Como, from hotels to farmhouse.

Historic structures The immobile at the center of the divestiture plan of Palazzo Marino dates to the early twentieth century. It was purchased in 1934 for 100,000 lire La Cerano structure had been assigned until last year in the Hospital of Garbagnate Vendesi villa in Valle Intelvi. Signed Giuliano Pisapia. The centre-left Mayor of Milan Plan to raise cash and dismiss a number of family jewelry, to cope with the growing crisis looming.
And part of the Lake: the difficult budget that it prefigures for Palazzo Marino will be partly mitigated, hopefully, from the sale of the villa di Cerano d’Intelvi that the city of Milan had granted until February last year on loan free of charge to the azienda ospedaliera “Guido Salvini in Garbagnate Milanese.
«The Administration explains a note of Palazzo Marino – is deepening all the elements, from the market value the presence of historical-architectural constraints, useful for the decision, which will be taken in the coming months, on the fate of the property.
The Intelvi Valley real estate complex that is destined to go back on the market dates back to the early years of the last century and is made from the villa (three floors with basement for a total area of 853 square meters), garden park and a small separate building (an early plan to use guesthouse and a ground floor devoted to admittance of vehicles to an area of 149 square meters).
The Milan City Council purchased the property in 1934 for the figure of 100,000 lire (according to the revaluation rate calculated using Istat data, would be the equivalent of 211 million lire).
As said, has not yet been determined an accurate commercial value of Intelvi Valley villa owned by the city of Milan, for the definition of which should be borne in mind even the plight that lives in these recent times the housing market even for historical structures of this type and this mole.
It should be remembered that until February 2012, the Intelvi Valley complex was awarded free commodatum Azienda Ospedaliera “Guido Salvini” of Garbagnate Milanese and was used as a rest home, frequented mostly by women. The complex has hosted over at Sisters of Garbagnate hospital also Sisters of the ospedale Niguarda and Policlinico di Milano.
After the waiver from the health management structure and the recovery charge by the municipality of Milan of Intelvi Valley, villa estate remained unused and now, because the economic crisis is time of disposal.
«The villa is after all still in good condition and nice to see – tells the “Corriere di Como ‘ the Mayor of Cerano Intelvi, Oscar Gabriel – liberty style outside but does not keep painted or stuccoed inside that justify a particular constraint. Of course, after the sale will require structural adjustments and interventions to plants. ” “It must be said that-continues the first citizen of Minsk – the logic of our territorial Government plan we adopted as policy, we expect the building to maintain its social welfare purposes and in this respect I think you can make ahead for a possible purchase a buyer interested in maintaining such a function for both Italian and foreigner ‘.
The other hypothesis might be that, in a sub-fund is however not easy financially as that of tourist reception. «In our local government plan-says the Mayor Gabriel – we give freedom to those interested at villa di Cerano and any opportunity to give her a future is important to us, we are not closed to any possibility. ”
Waiting to define the destination, the giunta di Palazzo Marino has already concluded in favour of the community of Cerano negotiations regarding a fraction of the real estate sector. It decided to accept the request of the municipality of Cerano d’Intelvi that then can be used for free for six months a part of the building (the building annexed to the villa, a small Concierge) as a shelter for the school bus.

The fact is paradoxical is that when run together in downtown Como recognize more often his friend Claudio Corti, also protagonist in MotoGp. But the person concerned has not any, is the current world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, and winner of the first race of 2013 in Qatar.
The two are friends and often run for our city, for training, but also in some trendy. While the courts has always been tied to his city, Jorge Lorenzo doesn’t live very far, since he lives in Lugano. And takes a few minutes to reach the Lake.
The Spaniard is the Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi, it happens so often from our parts to be with. The two were also teammates a few months ago, when they put the steering wheel in the Monza Rally Show. The comasco and Lorenzo were part of the structure of the Forward racing Team, the same that in the Courts.
Another curious fact that binds the Lario is Jorge sailor Mara Bariani, who was at his side to dictate him time and own notes in Monza (pictured).
The choice to go to live in Switzerland was also shared by many other characters of the sport, for its tranquility and also for tax benefits, which are never to be underestimated.
Before Lorenzo had opted for the residence in the Swiss Confederation world champions of Formula 1 as Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and the world of rally award, Sebastien Loeb.
Lugano and Como, then, have a common characteristic, that of being places where basically the “Vip” are left in peace. Something that is appreciated by who is always in the spotlight, in the spotlight.
It is no coincidence that the dream of a great player like Francesco Totti is to take a walk in Center quietly Rome, which for him at this time is impossible because it would fail to make a metro.
From our part, you know, there is a lot more discretion; sure, the characters who go walking there is some Center photo and autograph request but, in General, are left. The confirmed when he was coach of Inter, Jose Mourinho. «I love the discretion of comaschi, is an ideal city for privacy. ” As is known the mister lusitano was one of many sports celebrities who have chosen the Lake; If he came to Milan, even Pep Guardiola – then went to Bayern – had intimated that he wanted a villa on the shores of the Lake.
And so it happens that, as said, when courts and Lorenzo go around together to the city, people don’t recognize the Spaniard, and instead encourage the como MoroGp. A solution, however, ideal for those looking for relaxation and tranquility between one race and another.

International showcase – Michael Portillo, former Minister of her Majesty, shall submit to the English-speaking audience the beauties of our territory the legendary Bbc television, English, is ammarata on the Lake with a testimonial as Michael Portillo, former Minister of his Majesty. Popular presenter of the Bbc’s second channel, Portillo has turned to How an episode of the next round of documentaries “Great Continental Railway Journeys”, tv series that was inspired by the leadership of George Bradshaw, English cartographer and Publisher.
Bradshaw (1801-1853), a passionate traveler, picked it up in his Continental Railway Guide

Characters – the legendary songwriter Usa stayed at Como before the opening of the exhibition at Palazzo Reale in Milan If Bob Dylan’s love for Italy is known for some time – in 1998 before a concert in Turin said it was good to be back in the most beautiful country in the world – who knows what idea you will be done in our town these days. Already, because the greatest songwriter in the history of rock chose to stay in Como before the inauguration, which took place yesterday at Palazzo Reale in Milan, his exhibition of paintings dedicated to New Orleans.
If in 2004 Dylan arrived on the shores of the Lake for its historic concert in Villa Erba in Cernobbio, in this case is his now famous passion for painting to traghettarlo from our parts. Curiously with a theme that somehow had already joined the freshwater lake to the sliming Slobber of the Mississippi since Davide Van De Sfroos had written about a beautiful song called just New Orleans. A magical city, Dylan is not satisfied to sing more than one song, but decided to put on canvas. And that the musicians love often dabble with brushes, with results that are in some cases more than decent jobs, they have shown, for example, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Franco Battiato, Ivan Graziani, John Mellencamp, Marilyn Manson. But when behind the colour palette there is Mr. Bob Dylan, that already in some cover of his records – see Self Portrait, Planet Waves and Empire Burlesque – had given proof of its quality, it is clear that the fact assumes a certain significance.
From New York to London, major museums have already met with success his works. Paul Vites, musical critic on Dylan wrote more than one book, is enthusiastic: “this series – tells the journalist – is very nice. Compared to previous frameworks, which portrayed hotel rooms or more or less imaginary landscapes, in this case, Dylan has taken photographs of New Orleans degli anni ‘ 40 returning within a few years, from 2008 to 2011, a dark, disturbing works in both colors in the topics “.
The famous American musician, as is his style, is not interested in the expert judgements, so much so that at the Milan exhibition curator, Francesco Bonami, Dylan has visited before his inauguration yesterday, said: «I am very happy to be free, so everyone can visit it and not only industry professionals». You put my heart in peace: the great Bob has no intention to also head the Crown of genius of painting.
Leads to fatigue, because when a 22 year old get masterpieces like The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (album this year out 50 candles) that open with songs of blowin’ in The Wind, it is then difficult to rid the Cape from certain burdens. One thing is certain: even as he paints, Dylan tells only what he sees. As in his songs you travel in real, without inventions or fictions. He remains a genuine storyteller of our times, without personal interpretations or who knows what will change the world, which many have tried to give him since the dawn of his career in the early ‘ 60. New Orleans Series, shows that will remain open in Milan until March 10, is a nice opportunity to meet with another Dylan’s soul, since his paintings were unheard of in Italy. Although Francesco De Gregori a framework signed Bob Dylan if he has already won.