Rifugio Luigi Azzoni, Lecco
Facts and practical information
The Luigi Azzoni Refuge, located at 1,860 m above sea level, is an alpine refuge located near the summit of Resegone in the Orobian Pre-Alps.
The building stands on the summit ridge of the mountain, just 15 meters below the main peak, facing the Lecco side.
The origins of the refuge date back to the early 1900s, when a hut used as a shelter for goatherds and hunters was built on the summit of Resegone. The building was later purchased by engineer Enrico Daina of Valtorta, who fixed its roof and structures so that it could be used by hikers. When he died in 1923, it was purchased by the Società Escursionisti Lecchesi and was named after him, but it was later destroyed by Nazi-Fascist troops during World War II to prevent it from being used as a partisan shelter. At the end of the conflict, construction began on a new refuge in its present location, which in the 1950s was named after Luigi Azzoni, a counselor and cashier of the S.E.L. who was also active in the reconstruction of the refuge. In 1965, at the same time as the Piani d'Erna cable car was built, the "Città di Lecco" bivouac was carved out next to the refuge.
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