Ispra

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Ispra
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Ispra (Italy)
Ispra
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 49 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '53 "  N , 8 ° 36' 57"  E
height 225  m slm
surface 15 km²
Residents 5,298 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 353 inhabitants / km²
Factions Alto Paese, Barza, Borghetto, Cascine, Case Nuove, Quassa
Post Code 21027
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012084
Popular name ispresi, butris
Patron saint Martin of Tours ( November 11th )
Website Ispra
Ispra and Lake Maggiore
Ispra and Lake Maggiore
Ispra municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of San Martino

Ispra is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region on the southeastern shore of Lake Maggiore .

geography

The parish covered an area of ​​15  km² . Ispra includes the Alto Paese , Barza , Borghetto , Cascine , Case Nuove and Quassa fractions . The neighboring municipalities are Angera , Belgirate ( VB ), Brebbia , Cadrezzate , Lesa ( NO ), Ranco and Travedona months .

Ispra is home to the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission .

history

The oldest document that mentions the name of the village is a parchment from AD 826 that is in the Milan State Archives. Since then, many documents have reported life in a residential area of ​​considerable size. In the 13th century the parish had seven churches and chapels, while the nobles of Ispra are remembered among those who contributed most to the construction of the nearby hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso in Leggiuno .

In 1276 the bloody battle between the Torriani and supporters of Archbishop Ottone Visconti was fought for the rule of the state of Milan. A testimony to the civil and military events of that time can be found in the ruins of the San Cristoforo Castle on the top of Monte del Prete (the main hill).

Ispra followed the fate of the Duchy of Milan in the feud of Laveno-Mombello , which was sold in 1449 by the captains of the Community of Milan to Count Vitaliano Borromeo, the feud was then divided between these and the Visconti Borromeo, who were replaced by the Litta Visconti Arese were. In 1636, after the Battle of Tornavento, Ispra was sacked by the French troops. For a long time it was a border country on the lake that separated the Duchy of Milan from the Kingdom of Sardinia and was the seat of a customs post during the time of Austrian rule.

At the end of the 19th century there were ten companies working the limestone and a class of skilled workers was formed. Built on the shores of the lake, the ovens were used on site for the special boats that came to Milan through Sesto Calende and Naviglio Grande . This had created an important productively induced activity that declined in the years that followed. As a result, the limestone was industrialized on site from 1956 to 1958 and cut into various sizes, distributed by truck and sold to other sea firing systems such as that of Caldè, the furnace that was last closed in 1960.

In the second half of the 20th century, work began on building Euratom , now the Joint Research Center (JRC).

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 412 634 * 1070 1102 1345 1758 2090 2179 2256 3883 4712 4686 5178 5276

  • View of the place from the border with Ranco

  • View of the Ispra lake

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Martino di Tours preserved, in a chapel behind the apse, frescoes by the painter Cristoforo Martinolio (1624)
  • Prayer Chapel of Sant'Anna
  • Castebarco Albani Church (1865)
  • Joint Research Center ( Euratom )
  • Villa Castelli with park, now the town hall
  • Villa Ranci Ortigiosa dei Conti
  • Villa Brivio Sagramoso (19th century)
  • Villa Quassa
  • Villa Rocchetta (1935)
  • Casa Don Guanella, in the Barza district, near the medieval castle ruins (Prayer Chapel San Cristoforo 13th century) and archaeological finds at the summit of Monte del Prete (311 m above sea level)
  • Monument to the Fallen
  • five lime kilns.

  • Port del Pinet lime kiln

  • Prayer Chapel of Sant'Anna

  • Villa Castelli (Municipal House)

  • Castebarco Albani Church

Sports

  • Euratom Cricket Club
  • AC Ispra calcio
  • Pallavolo Ispra
  • Circolo della Vela Ispra.
Joint Research Center, Visitors

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 237.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Ispra Online in Italian

Web links

Commons : Ispra  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Ispra (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 28, 2015.
  • Ispra (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
  • Ispra (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Ispra (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
  • Ispra on de.lagomaggiore.net, accessed November 25, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.