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Placed on the southern shore of Lake Varese, on a hill that overlooks the lake, Azzate had in the past a certain wealth as it is marked by the Palazzo Pretorio, the villa Castellani Benizzi (the town hall), the villa Bossi Zampolli with the San Lorenzo's Oratory and frescoed by G.B. Ronchelli, or the villa Bossi Alemagna and Ca' Mera.

Coming down a stairway, we reach the lake and the little church of the Madonnina del Lago.

Santa Maria's Church , rebuilt in 1851, preserves some paintings attributed to Nuvolone, to Holbein, to Morazzone and a Vergine col Bambino by Callisto Piazza.