Giulino
{{Infobox frazione
| name = Giulino
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Chiesa Parrochia di Sant'Abbondio, Giulino, seen from Lake Como.jpg
| image_caption = View from the lake
| coordinates = {{coord|45|58|57|N|09|12|22|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| region = {{flag|Lombardy}}
| province = Como (CO)
| comune = Tremezzina
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 250
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 50
| population_as_of = 2005
| pop_density_footnotes =
| gentilic = Giulinesi
| saint =
| day =
| postal_code = 22010
| area_code = 0344
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
Giulino (also known as Giulino di Mezzegra) is an Italian frazione of the Comune of Mezzegra, in the province of Como. Since 21 January 2014, both Giulino and Mezzegra are included in the comune of Tremezzina.
History
=Early history=
The village was an autonomous municipality until 1928, when it merged into Mezzegra becoming its frazione (civil parish).
=Death of Mussolini=
{{Main|Death of Benito Mussolini}}
The village is the place where Benito Mussolini and his lover Claretta Petacci were executed on 28 April 1945, in front of a manor house named Villa Belmonte. The execution was carried out on the orders of the National Liberation Committee by Walter Audisio, a Communist partisan, after Mussolini was captured in Dongo (often erroneously considered to be the place where the execution took place).[http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/villa-belmonte-mussolini-death-place/ "Villa Belmonte - Mussolini death place" (virtualglobetrotting.com)]
Geography
Literature
- Bruno Giovanni Lonati : "Quel 28 aprile. Mussolini e Claretta: la verità". Mursia, 1994. {{ISBN|88-425-1761-5}}
References
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External links
- {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mezzegra+CO,+Italy/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x478423252ed00f4b:0xe85e37596ce865d2?sa=X&ei=BuY7VZD1G8buUOaEgfAC&ved=0CIsBEPIBMA0|title=Mezzegra}}
{{Lago di Como}}
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Category:Former municipalities of the Province of Como