page_title: Esino Lario
section_title: Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Esino Lario / History / Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Archivio Pietro Pensa, Esino, Atti privati
context_page_description: Esino Lario is a municipality of the Province of Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is about 60 kilometres north of Milan, 15 kilometres northwest of Lecco, and about 4.3 kilometres from the eastern shore of Lake Como.
  The area around Esino Lario is surrounded by Alpine mountains, where the karst landscape has produced sink-holes and caves, including the "Icebox of Moncodeno". The municipality is part of the Mountain Community of Valsassina, Valvarrone, Val d'Esino and Riviera and is entirely within the "Regional Park of Northern Grigna".
  Esino Lario borders the municipalities of Cortenova, Lierna, Mandello del Lario, Parlasco, Pasturo, Perledo, Primaluna, Taceno, and Varenna.
context_section_description: At the fall of the Western Roman Empire, after the domination of Odoacer and of the Ostrogoths, the Byzantines conquered Italy during the Gothic War. Immediately after, however, the Lombards came down from Friuli and in 569 conquered Milan. A contingent from the Byzantine Empire, under the command of magister militum Francione, resisted in Esino Lario for 20 years, avoiding the large reprisals that followed the death of king Alboin and housing wealthy Roman refugees. In the end, Francione had to repair in Isola Comacina and, after six months of siege, surrender. The territory was finally conquered by the Lombard king Authari.
  Towards the end of the 12th century, Esino Lario entered the  General Community of Valsassina, a free commune. It lays its statutes, derived from ancient practices. Each village was administered by its board, formed by the heads of families. A unique representative of both Esino Superiore and Iniferiore took part in the Council of the Community General, which was based in Introbio.
caption: Private act granting self-rule to Esino Lario, 1697.
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