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Many people lives in this area, important way of transit to Lake Lugano and the Alps. But it was the Celts who left the greatest influence. They were farmers and lived on fortified village on hilltops. The name itself of the city derives probably from the Celtic "Dunum", meaning 'a fortified place on a knoll'.

Placed at the feet of Mount Monarco, at the entry to Valceresio valley, it was an important cross-point also to Valganna and the road to Lake Maggiore. Just on a hill near the road coming from Valganna, stands the Castello di Frascarolo, built on a prevoius longard fortress and from 1453 owned by the Medici family.

In 1901, the Birreria Poretti, founded in 1877, has been restored in that liberty style that is still admired by anyone goes towards the Valganna valley.

To see:

-the church of San Pietro in Silvis, the former parish church, that preserves many XIII century frescoes

- the church of San Giovanni Battista, with 15 oil paintings made by the Morazzone school

- the church of Santa Caterina, with a stairway

- the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Bernardino, with a Way of the Cross on its churchyard

- at Olona, the church of Santi Re Magi, with relics coming from the church of S. Eustorgio in Milan

- the Museo Insubrico di Storia Naturale