Stop 01
The Thread That Climbs
On the spotQuestion
Your journey starts here, where a steel cable waits to carry you above the clouds of the lake. Oblivion hates those who climb to look from above: show it that it is wrong.
World · Lombardy
Volta's Balcony
Climb to where Volta's light looks down on you, go down to where the spark was born.
CSYour guide: The Keeper of the Spark
5hours
23quests
8stamps
2prizes
Where it is played
Volta's Balconyon foot · 23 quests
OpenHiddenUnlocks
“Welcome, seeker. I am the Keeper of the Spark, imaginary but zealous assistant to Alessandro Volta, born in Como in 1745. For two centuries I have guarded the last spark of his pile.”The Keeper of the Spark
The walk
One walk, at your own pace
On foot
23
stopsFunicular and on foot
7 with a photo4 hidden2 unlocked by completing others
A taste
Taste four stops
What the narrator asks you. The answer, and the true fact behind it, is for you to find on the spot.
Stop 07
The Striped Broletto
On the spotQuestion
The medieval commune spoke with stones: stripes of white, grey and red marble on the palace next to the Cathedral. The Keeper trusts the stripes more than words.
Stop 13
The Basilica with Two Bell Towers
On the spotQuestion
Outside the walls, a basilica from around the year 1000 waits for whoever has the courage to walk. Two bell towers: one is real, the other was born to resemble it.
Stop 20
The Balcony of Via Pissarottino
On the spotPhotoQuestion
At the end of a street of Liberty-style villas there is a viewpoint few look for. From there the lake stretches out like a table laid for the light.
Stamps and prizes
8 stamps, 2 prizes
FA
The Steel ThreadLV
Volta LakefrontPC
Stones of ComoMT
Walls and TowersVF
Villas and FountainsPB
The Poet and the BalconyFT
Three Crosses LighthousePI
The Complete PileThe prizes
Keeper of the SparkVolta's Balcony