Chiesa di San Carlo

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Via Castellino da Castello 71 22017 Menaggio, (CO)

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Getting there by public transport
Menaggio can be reached by bus lines C10 (Como - Menaggio - Colico line) and C12 (Menaggio - Lugano line) operated by Asf Autolinee.
For information, please visit: www.asfautolinee.it

Menaggio can also be reached by ferry (Gestione Navigazione Laghi company).
For information, please visit: http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/
The service can welcome passengers with reduced mobility. For more information, please visit: http://www.navigazionelaghi.it/assistenza-disabili.aspx

Parking area
The church of San Carlo is in a pedestrian area, on a hill. It is possible to park in via Nazario Sauro, about 200 meters from the church, and follow an uphill path with mixed surface (asphalt in the first part and cobblestone in via Castellino da Castello). Alternatively, you can park in the centre of Menaggio; the pedestrian path to San Carlo, about 500 m.,  passes next to the church of Santo Stefano, then continues along via Leone Leoni and then  via Castellino da Castello (a slightly sloping cobblestone surface).

Entrance
The church square, paved in cobblestones in the central part and in gravel on the sides, can be reached by passing 4 steps (14 cm high each).
The entrance has 3 steps (13 cm high each) and a double leaf door (87 cm wide each).

Getting around
The church has a single nave and does not have obstacles. The main altar can be accessed by passing 3 steps (15 cm high each). The church has benches with kneelers (seat height: 44 cm).
On either side of the church there are two chapels with paintings by Giuseppe Vermiglio. In the church there are interesting seventeenth-century paintings.