Lecco ( or ; Lombard: Lecch ) is a city of c. 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italt, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch named Lake of Lecco / Lago di Lecco). The Bergamo Alps rise to the north and east, cut through by the Valsassina of which Lecco marks the southern end.