on Lake Maggiore and Lake Garda. Today there are three main services: Motorship services along the western branch and northern end of the Lake (between Colico or Piona and Como town), with additional shuttles to the mid-lake area. Fast services that follow broadly the same route, but use faster hydrofoils, stop less frequently, and cost extra. Ferries that run only between the popular mid-lake villages of Menaggio, Bellagio, and Varenna, plus Cadenabbia. Some of these boats carry vehicles as well as passengers. Sacro Monte di Ossuccio The Sacro Monte di Ossuccio ("Holy Mount of Ossuccio") is a sanctuary located on a hillside slope between olive groves and woods along the western edge of Lake Como facing Isola Comacina. Fifteen Baroque inspired chapels, built between 1635 and 1710, and dedicated to the Mysteries of the Rosary are dotted along the way that leads to the Monastery. This building is the last in the chain and is dedicated to the Coronation of the Virgin. In 2003, the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, including that of Ossuccio, were added by UNESCO to the World Heritage List. Villages, resorts, and other notable localities near the lake In literature and the arts Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem The Lake of Como was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. It illustrates a painting by Samuel Prout, engraved by William Miller. Gallery Notes Footnotes References Macadam, Alta (1997). Blue Guide. Northern Italy: From the Alps to Bologna. London: A & C Black. . Villacarlotta.it, Villa Carlotta Online camera Como LComo Glacial lakes of Italy Lakes of Lombardy Province of Como Province of Lecco Rockefeller Foundation Subalpine lakes of Italy Waterways of Italy