Lierna Castle

Lierna Castle
Castello di Lierna
Lierna, Lake Como
Lierna Castle
Coordinates	45°57′57″N 9°18′04″E / 45.96583°N 9.30111°E / 45.96583; 9.30111Coordinates: 45°57′57″N 9°18′04″E / 45.96583°N 9.30111°E / 45.96583; 9.30111
Type	medieval castle
Site information
Owner	private and public museum
Open to the public	in part
Condition	restored
Other site facilities	residential
Site history
Built	10th century CE
Materials	stone and mortar
Fate	military use until 16th century CE civilian use since
Battles/wars	Como-Milan War
Events	1124 besieged by Milan 1524 captured by Graubünden

Lierna Castle (Italian: Castello di Lierna) is an Italian castle on the eastern side of Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy. The castle is built on a peninsula that protrudes into the lake and consists of a group of connected buildings, rather than a single building. The main portion of the current buildings was constructed in the 10th century in Romanesque style upon former Roman ruins. The castle includes the 11th-century church of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Chiesa dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro), associated with the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.

The castle is occupied by the people of the frazione of Castello in the comune of Lierna. It is the northwestern most of the eleven frazioni of Lierna comune.

The last military use of the castle was in the mid-16th century by Gian Giacomo Medici, known as "Medeghino" (the "small Medici"), who was primarily a mercenary.

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