Varese
Varese (Italian: [vaˈreːze] (
listen), Latin Baretium, archaic German: Väris, Varès in Varesino) is a toun an comune in north-wastren Lombardy, northren Italy, 55 kilometre (34 mile) north o Milan.
Varese | |
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| Città di Varese | |
 Palazzo Estense, toun haw o Varese | |
 Coat airms | |
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  Varese Location o Varese in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°49′N 08°50′E / 45.817°N 8.833°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Varese (VA) |
| Frazioni | Avigno, Belforte, Biumo Inferiore, Biumo Superiore, Bizzozero, Bobbiate, Bosto, Bregazzana, Bustecche, Calcinate degli Orrigoni, Calcinate del Pesce, Campo dei Fiori, Capolago, Cartabbia, Casa Bassa, Casbeno, Cascina Gualtino, Cascina Mentasti, Caverzasio, Fogliaro, Gaggio, Giubiano, Lissago, Masnago, Mirasole, Mustonate, Oronco, Prima Cappella, Rasa di Varese, San Fermo, Sangallo, Santa Maria del Monte, Sant'Ambrogio, Schiranna, Ungheria, Velate |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Attilio Fontana (LN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Population (1 Januar 2012) | |
| • Total | 79,405 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Varesini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21100 |
| Diallin code | 0332 |
| Patron saunt | San Vittore |
| Saunt day | May 8 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
It is the caipital o the Province o Varese. The hinterland or urban pairt o the ceety is cried Varesotto.
Geografie
eeditThe toun o Varese lees at the feet o Sacro Monte di Varese, pairt o the Campo dei Fiori muntain range. The toun looks ower Loch Varese an aw.
Demographics
eeditVarese, lik the province, haes a vera heich immigrant population awin tae baith its economy (mony multi-naitional companies an the nearbi EU institution JRC) an its location (proximity tae Milan maks it an ideal place for the latter ceety's wirkers).
History
eeditIn 1859, Giuseppe Garibaldi confrontit Austrian forces led bi Field Marshal-Lieutenant Carl Baron Urban near Varese. An aw, it wis here whaur Alessandro Marchetti's Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 made his first test flichts.
Transport
eeditThe toun is servit bi baith the state-run Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) an Ferrovie Nord Milano (TRENORD), baith o which run heich-frequency train services tae Milan. In addition, thare is a project unner wey tae connect Varese wi Malpensa Airport; this line wad then continue past Varese tae Mendrisio an Lugano in Swisserland. Construction o the Varese-Mendrisio section (17.7 kilometer (11.0 mi) lang) is expectit tae begin in 2009.[1]
The toun haes baith an extensive ceety bus netwirk an provincial bus services. The A8 motorwey connects Varese wi Milan. This motorwey wis pairt o the first toll road seestem in the warld. The Italian govrenment gae permission in 2008 tae stairt wirks on the lang awaitit Varese-Como-Bergamo motorwey, which wad include a bypass o the toun o Varese an aw. Wirks are tae stairt in 2010, an thay micht be feenished bi 2013.[2]
Main sichts
eeditThe toun is maist famous for the Sacro Monte di Varese ('the saucrit muntain o Varese'), a place o pilgrimage an wirship. It is ane o the Sacri Monti o Piemont an Lombardy, includit on the UNESCO Warld Heritage leet.
Economy
eeditThe economy o Varese is mainly based on industrie an, tae a lesser extent, specialisit agriculturesome famous Varese-based firms are:
- Aermacchi (militar trainer aircraft)
- AgustaWestland (helicopters)
- Cagiva, MV Agusta (motorbikes)
- Ficep (Machine Tuils for steel construction)
- Ignis (nou pairt o Whirlpool) (electronics)
- Vibram
- Prealpi (cheese)
- Mazzuchelli
- DiVarese (Shoes)
an mony mair as it is ane o the maist industrialisit as in Northren Italy.
Varese is close tae the Malpensa Internaitional Airport, which serves the internaitional traffec o Milan.
Education
eeditVarese is hame tae a European School, the European School, Varese, which wis established in 1960 for the childer o European Union staff, who wirk mainly at ane o the three institutes o the Joint Research Centre in nearbi Ispra.
It is ane o the twa steids o the Varsity o Insubria.
Muisic festivals
eedit- Open Jazz Varese [2] Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Ghost Day Festival [3] Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
Sport
eeditVarese is kent for the Pallacanestro Varese which played, in the 1970s, 10 European Champions Cup feenals in a row an wan 5 o thaim.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditVarese is twinned wi:
Romans-sur-Isère, Fraunce
Alba Iulia, Romanie
Tongling, Anhui, Cheenae
References
eedit- ↑ [1][deid airtin]
- ↑ "Pedemontana: siglato il contratto per il progetto definitivo | Bergamonews - Quotidiano online di Bergamo e Provincia" (in (in Italian)). Bergamonews.it. Archived frae the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 4 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Varese. |
- Tourist information, Agenzia del Turismo Varese
- arci Varese, association for the promotion of social, Territorial Delegation Archived 2006-08-14 at the Wayback Machine