Abbiategrasso

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Abbiategrasso
coat of arms
Abbiategrasso (Italy)
Abbiategrasso
Country Italy
region Lombardy
Metropolitan city Milan  (MI)
Local name Biaa / Biegrass / Biagrass
Coordinates 45 ° 24 '  N , 8 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 24 '0 "  N , 8 ° 55' 0"  E
height 120  m slm
surface 47.05 km²
Residents 32,855 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 698 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 20081
prefix 02
ISTAT number 015002
Popular name Abbiatensi
Patron saint Santa Rosa da Lima
Website Abbiategrasso
Abbiategrasso, Castello Visconteo
Abbiategrasso, Castello Visconteo

Abbiategrasso is a northern Italian municipality with 32,855 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Milan . It belongs to Lombardy .

The city is a member of the Cittàslow , a movement founded in Italy in 1999 to slow down and increase the quality of life in cities through environmental policy, infrastructure policy, urban quality, appreciation of autochthonous products, hospitality, awareness and quality of the landscape.

geography

The place is located in the Parco del Ticino Natural Park, to which a large part of the municipality belongs. It is located about 20 km west of Milan in a fertile area near the Naviglio Grande , which leads from Ticino, 6 km west of Abbiategrasso, to Milan and from which the Naviglio di Bereguardo branches off towards the southeast.

history

In the early Middle Ages , a place arose on the site of today's Abbiategrasso, which developed from the Abianus estate located on the edge of the Valle Grassa and was named after it. It was a royal palace until the 11th century and then a fortress of the Milanese near the Ticino. In the past, cattle and rice were farmed in the area . Abbiategrasso was conquered by Emperor Friedrich I in 1167 and by Friedrich II in 1245 . Matteo I. Visconti defeated the Guelphs here on September 24, 1313 . In 1419 Filippo Maria Visconti found refuge in Abbiategrasso. In 1524 a French garrison surrendered here to Giovanni de 'Medici ; under the command of Admiral Bonnivet and the Chevalier de Bayard , the main French army was on the retreat of Charles III. de Bourbon-Montpensier and the Marchese of Pescara near the village of Rebecco, 5 km north-west. The Abbiategrasso district existed from 1859 to 1927 .

Attractions

  • Visconti-Kastell (Italian Castello Visconteo ), built around 1382 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti over an earlier fortress. Filippo Maria Visconti had it renovated and enlarged after 1438. During its earlier history it was of great strategic importance as a fortress. It has a square plan with corner towers and Renaissance frescos and graffiti inside . The central courtyard has a portico .
  • Santa Maria Nuova Basilica was built in 1388 to celebrate the birth of Giovanni Maria Visconti , son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, and has a porch (1497) attributed to Donato Bramante . The inside of the church has three naves, and the 15th century baptistery is decorated with sgraffito paintings.
  • Baroque church of San Bernardino , built on the occasion of the visit of Cardinal Federico Borromeo over a previous building from the 15th century. The facade was designed by Francesco Maria Richini . The single nave interior has five side altars and an organ built in 1853 by the Prestinari brothers .
  • Casa Albini from the 15th century

Town twinning

These two cities also maintain a city ​​partnership with one another .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Abbiategrasso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Abbiategrasso , in: Treccani, Enciclopedia online .
  3. ↑ Abbiategrasso . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 1, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1905, p.  15 .
  4. ↑ Abbiategraso , in: Enciclopedia Italiana , Vol. 1 (1929).
  5. ↑ Abbiategrasso , in: Heinrich August Pierer (Hrsg.): Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Past , 6th Edition, Vol. 1 (1875), p. 25.
  6. ↑ a b Abbiategrasso on the website of the city of Ellwangen.