Brunate is an Italian

Italy

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 town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

, part of the province of Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

, near Lake Como

Lake Como

Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...

 (northern Italy, 50 km north/east from Milan

Milan

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). It has 1,770 residents, but is much more populated in summer, when tourists rent houses and apartment

Apartment

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s. A funicular

Funicular

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 connects Brunate to Como

Como

Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

.

Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta

Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

 lived in Brunate for a short period, and the prominent Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n poet Pencho Slaveykov

Pencho Slaveykov

Pencho Petkov Slaveykov was a noted Bulgarian poet and one of the participants in the Misal circle. He was the youngest son of the writer Petko Slaveykov....

died in the town on 10 June 1912.