Alserio

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Alserio
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Alserio (Italy)
Alserio
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Como  (CO)
Local name Alsèri
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '50 "  N , 9 ° 12' 0"  E
height 265  m slm
surface 1 km²
Residents 1,294 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,294 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 22040
prefix 031
ISTAT number 013006
Popular name Alseriesi
Patron saint Clement of Rome ( November 23 )
Website Alserio
Appiano Gentile municipality in the province of Como
Alserio lake

Alserio is a municipality with 1294 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Como in the Lombardy region .

geography

It is located about 35 km north of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Como in the north-western part of the province of Monza and Brianza on Lake Alserio . The community is part of the Lambro Valley Regional Park. Alserio borders on Albavilla , Anzano del Parco , Monguzzo and Orsenigo .

history

In the Middle Ages, Alserio was part of the area that the Visconti from Milan gave as a fief to the Dal Verme family in the 15th century. After that it belonged to the Giussani, Archinti (1682) and Imbonati (1689) families. The place was first mentioned in 1402 under the name Conservio.

Culture and sights

  • The parish church of San Clemente is decorated in baroque style. It was consecrated as a parish church by Carlo Borromeo and dates from 1580–1584. The building is reported as dating from the twelfth century and houses the tomb of Count Carlo Imbonati, former liege lord of Alserio
  • The English country house style Villa Tassera or Villa Kramer, also known as Villa Adelaide . The villa includes the luxurious house from 1844 to 1845, an annex, the porter's lodge, the stables and the Santa Maira della Neve chapel . The garden of the villa is protected by the superintendent. The land in which the villa is located belonged to the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan; Carlo Imbonati bought it in 1456; In 1844, Baron Giuseppe Patroni followed the Imbonati and he built the villa for the architect Luigi Chierichetti, who recalls simplifying a 17th century Tudor house with eclectic decorations, neo-Gothic, neo-Baroque and arabesques.

Demographic development

Data from ISTAT

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 306.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Alserio Online

Web links

Commons : Alserio  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Alserio on lombardiabeniculturali.it architetture.
  • Alserio (Italian) in lombardia.indettaglio.it, accessed January 9, 2016.
  • Alserio on comuni-italiani.it.
  • Alserio on tuttitalia.it/lombardia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Parish Church of San Clemente (photo)
  3. ↑ Villa Tassera (photo)