Alserio
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Como (CO) | |
Local name | Alsèri | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 12' 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 |
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
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Parish Church of San Clemente (photo)
- ↑ Villa Tassera (photo)