Lecco (It. Provincia di Lecco) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Jump to: navigation, search Lombardy (in Italian Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. ... Lecco is an Italian city set in Lombardy 50 kilometres north of Milan; it borders a branch of the Lake of Como (named Lake of Lecco) on the west and the Lombard Alps on the east. ...
On 1 January2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 sq km divided in 90 communes (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link). Jump to: navigation, search January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The Province of Lecco is characterised by its unique position neighbouring a lakeside area, the eastern side of Lake Como, and the mountains.
The Province of Lecco was established with its 90 communes in 1992, under Como administration to begin with.
With the fall of the Dukedom of Milan, the Leccoprovince passed under Spanish domination, a period described in Manzoni’s novels, until 1746 when it was conquered by the Habsburgs.