Castano Primo
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 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 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 | eedit soorce]
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 | eedit soorce]
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 | eedit soorce]
- 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 | eedit soorce]
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 | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 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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