The island Comacina is the only island of the lake of Como. Anciently lived by the Romans, currently almost empty, it had notable importance during the war between the Municipality of Como and Milan: the island was beside to the Milaneses for the destruction of Como's city but in 1169 its inhabitants, for revenge, destroyed everything on the island; thanks to the excavations conducted in 1914, today it is possible to admire the ruins of the grandiose Roman basilica devoted to Saint Eufemia. Later, in 1959, subsequently to other archaeological excavations, the rests of other three religious buildings were found again: Saint Giovanni with the baptistery, Saint Maria with the Portico and San Pietro in the Castle. Interesting the "feast of the Lumaghitt" on 24th of June (Saint Giovanni) with great illuminations on Como's lake and the mass celebrated above the ruins of Saint Eufemia's basilica.

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