Castano Primo
Castano Primo is a ceety an comune in Province o Milan, in the Italian region Lombardy, locatit aboot 35 kilometre (22 mile) northwast o Milan.
Castano Primo | |
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| Comune di Castano Primo | |
 Kirk o St. Zeno | |
 Coat airms | |
  Castano Primo Location o Castano Primo in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′N 8°46′E / 45.550°N 8.767°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Milan (MI) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Franco Rudoni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.1 km2 (7.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2009[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,781 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Castanesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20022 |
| Diallin code | 0331 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Castano Primo borders the follaein municipalities: Lonate Pozzolo, Vanzaghello, Magnago, Nosate, Buscate, Cameri, Turbigo, Robecchetto con Induno, Cuggiono. It receivit the honorar title o ceety wi a presidential decree on 11 October 1984.
History eedit
Castano wis initially a Roman veelage that subsequently came unner the Burgaria o Parabiago. It wis convertit tae a militar fortress bi the Coonts o Biandrate, passin eventually tae the Hoose o Visconti. Durin internal struggles athin the Hoose o Visconti, Castano wis pillagit. The fortress wis rebuilt in the 14t Century an awnership passed tae the Airchbishop. Various periods o struggle an domination bi the Visconti follaeed till, in 1447, Castano came unner the control o the Hoose o Sforza who gave it as fiefdom tae a faimily favourite. In the 16t century the war atween the French an Spainyie wagit aroond the toun but remained it unner the control o the Viscoont o Brignano until 1717. By 1604 the population o Castano wis aroond 1500 fowk.
On 22 Juin 1636 Castano wis nearly destroyed in the battle focht bi the Spainyie an Austrians against the French. Wi the end o the Brignano family, Castano came unner Portuguese rule passin throu the haunds o various noble faimilies, then wis eventually concedit tae the Austrians. Frae 1786 tae 1791, Castano wis pairt o the Province o Gallarate. Wi the end o Napoleonic rule, Castano again came unner Austrian control.
In 1848 hintle o the population emigratit tae the nearbi Province o Piemont tae escape the repressive rule o the Hoose o Habsburg. Follaein the Battle o Magenta in Juin 1859, Castano became pairt o Lombardy.
Name eedit
The name Castano maist probably derives frae the auld "Silvae Castanae" (chestnut firths). Ither sources suggest the oreeginal name wis in fact "Castro Casteno", as toun wis close tae a castle or ither fortification. Those sources point tae a ancient crest or shield o the toun that depicts a red castle frae which grows a leafy chestnut tree, still shown the day on the stem o the current cooncil. The suffix "Primo" wis addit bi the then Keeng o Italy, Victor Emmanuel II o Italy, bi a decree datit 10 Dizember 1863 tae distinguish Castano frae anither toun o the same name in the Province o Pavia.
Main sichts eedit
- Kirk o St. Zeno o Verona, which hosts the Santo Crocifisso (or Holy Cross) o Castano Primo an aw.
- Kirk o Saunt Jerome.
- Kirk o Saunt Roch.
- Kirk o the Madonna o the Poor.
- Chapel o Madonna di Gree.
- Palazzo Rusconi
Le Cascine[2] eedit
A Cascina is a teep o courtyard fermstead, teepical tae the region, whaur aw the biggins (dwellins for aw wirkers an inhabitants, stables, storerooms, haylofts, wells, even mills) are built in a square aroond a courtyard.
- Cascina Malpaga: the lairgest in the aurie, haes hostit up tae 137 inhabitants
- Cascina Cantona
- Cascina Cornalina
- Cascina Saronna
References eedit
- ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ Comune di Castano Primo Lista Pagine Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
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