The quarries around Moltrasio and Carate are no longer exploited with the only remaining excavation taking place at Careno by the company called Gandola Srl. In the Villages Palanzo, village of stone If visiting a village such as Palanzo above the lake shore in Faggetto Lario, you will be...
A world renowned astronomer was born at Wallace Bridge on March 12, 1835 – Simon Newcomb. His grandfather was one of the men keenly interested in the Wallace stone quarries and shipped stone to Halifax for the erection of Province House. He was a school teacher as was his son John – fa...