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The commune occupies a sunny position on the hillside north of Chiasso.
The oldest documents concerning the village date back to the 16th century, but the area was certainly inhabited before then. A part of the town has kept its old rustic houses which prove that the original economic activity was essentially agricultural.
Vacallo is home to the sculptors Pietro and Giuseppe Lironi. The former worked in Como, where his statues can still be admired, and the latter in Rome. The architects Giovanni Antonio Piotti, who worked himself in Como and Milan in the 16th century, his son, Giuseppe, who studied architecture in Rome, were both from Vacallo, although the family originally came from Morbio. It is also home to the sculptor, Pietro Bernasconi (1826-1912).
The oldest documents concerning the village date back to the 16th century, but the area was certainly inhabited before then. A part of the town has kept its old rustic houses which prove that the original economic activity was essentially agricultural.
Vacallo is home to the sculptors Pietro and Giuseppe Lironi. The former worked in Como, where his statues can still be admired, and the latter in Rome. The architects Giovanni Antonio Piotti, who worked himself in Como and Milan in the 16th century, his son, Giuseppe, who studied architecture in Rome, were both from Vacallo, although the family originally came from Morbio. It is also home to the sculptor, Pietro Bernasconi (1826-1912).
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