Gentilino

[1][2] The cemetery of Sant'Abbondio is the resting place of Hugo Ball, Bruno Walter, and Hermann Hesse.

[1] In the Early Middle Ages, Gentilino belonged to the royal court of Agnuzzo, which was donated in 818 by Emperor Louis the Pious to the clergy of Como.

The union of the monastic estates in 1335 probably led to the creation of the Concilium Sancti Abundii which included Gentilino and Viglio as well as Montagnola and the surrounding villages.

[1] In the past centuries, the population lived mainly from agriculture, but there was also a large exodus of builders (known as Maestranze).

[1] Until the merger, it included the north side of the Collina d'Oro valley, and the settlement of Viglio.