Giulino | |
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 View from the lake | |
  Giulino Location of Giulino in Italy | |
| Coordinates:45°58′57″N09°12′22″E / 45.98250°N 9.20611°E /45.98250; 9.20611 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Lombardy |
| Province | Como (CO) |
| Comune | Tremezzina |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 50 |
| Demonym | Giulinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22010 |
| Dialing code | 0344 |
Giulino (also known asGiulino di Mezzegra) is an Italianfrazione of theComune ofMezzegra, in the province ofComo. Since 21 January 2014, both Giulino and Mezzegra are included in the comune ofTremezzina.
The village was an autonomous municipality until 1928, when it merged into Mezzegra becoming itsfrazione (civil parish).
The village is the place whereBenito Mussolini and his loverClaretta Petacci were executed on 28 April 1945, in front of a manor house namedVilla Belmonte. The execution was carried out on the orders of the National Liberation Committee by Walter Audisio, a Communist partisan, after Mussolini was captured inDongo (often erroneously considered to be the place where the execution took place).[1]
Giulino, part of theIntelvi geographical region, lies on the hills close to the north-western shore of theLake Como. It is 2 km fromMezzegra, 30 fromComo and 40 fromLugano (inSwitzerland).
