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THE ASSOCIATION
The association which covers the stone sector in Lombardy has been founded in 1996 taking the secular hystory of the lombard stone masonry craftship. The best example of the ability shown worldwide in natural stone carving, architecture and sculpture by the Lombards is the main church of Milan the 'Duomo' which is a rare gothic cathedral in white marble.
During the roman empire Pliny the Younger who lived in Como mentions the stone masons working (magistri comacini) for his Villa in Bellaggio on Como Lake.
During Longobards the first mention of Comacine masters was in an edict of 643 of the Longobard king Rothari then in the memoratorium of Liutprando in 713. From this point the history of architecture, sculpture and stone masonry is full of people from Lombardy, from Romanic to Neoclassicism.
(An organic hystory study is available in italian, here you can access the google traslation)
There are many writings dealing with the stone tradition in Lombardy, sameone of wich are written in english someone of them in therm of legend.
• "I Maestri Comacini-Storia Artistica di Mille Duecento Anni (600-1800)" - Giuseppe Merzario, Milano 1893-Riediz.Amiedi (MI) (www.fornieditore.com)
• "Die Meister von Como", magazine nr. 4, April 1967,of R.: L.: QUATUOR CORONATI nr. 808 Or.: di Bayreuth (R.F.T.)
• "Barre Vermont: the granite center of the world e l'immigrazione italiana", Carlo Brusa, Lombardia Nord Ovest n° 3/1992
• Geza de Francovich, "La corrente comasca nella scultura romanica I and II", Rivista dell'Istituto della Storia d'Arte e Archeologia 8 (1936), pp 267–305, 9 (1937) pp 46–129.
• Joselita Raspi Serra, "English Decorative Sculpture of the Early Twelfth Century and the Como-Pavian Tradition", The Art Bulletin 51.4 (December 1969), pp 352–362
• Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild 1899 - Leader Scott - ristampa 2003 Kessinger Publishing, LLC - available on google book
http://www.duomomilano.it/
http://www.lariointelvese.eu/web/schede/magistri.asp
http://www.comune.viggiu.va.it
http://www.viggiu-in-rete.org
http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/
http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/comacine.html
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