Cornello

The Tasso family, who from the 15th century built a courier network across Europe and became the princes of Thurn und Taxis, came from this hamlet in the Val Brembana. Cornello lost its trade when a new valley road bypassed it in 1592, and that isolation kept it intact. Reachable only on foot, it rises in four tiers on a rocky spur above the Brembo river.

Highlights

• The 100-metre stone arcade that once carried the Via Mercatorum
• Museo dei Tasso e della storia postale, with an 1840 Penny Black letter
• Santi Cornelio e Cipriano, with its leaning Romanesque bell tower and frescoes
• The ruins of the Tasso family palace

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.