Asso (Lombardy)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Como (CO) | |
Local name | Ass | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 52 ' N , 9 ° 16' E | |
height | 427 m slm | |
surface | 6.46 km² | |
Residents | 3,572 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 553 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 22033 | |
prefix | 031 | |
ISTAT number | 013013 | |
Popular name | Assesi | |
Patron saint | John the Baptist ( August 29 ) | |
Website | Asso |
Asso is a municipality with 3572 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Como in the Lombardy region . It is one of the 31 municipalities of the Comunità montana del Triangolo Lariano .
geography
The municipality includes the fractions Brazzova , Ca 'Nova , Fraino , Gallegno , Gemù , Megna , Mudronno , Pagnano and Scarenna . The neighboring municipalities are: Caglio , Canzo , Caslino d'Erba , Lasnigo , Rezzago , Sormano and Valbrona .
Population development
Data from ISTAT
Attractions
- Of the castle built in the 12th century, only the tower is well preserved.
- The Church of John the Baptist was built between 1641 and 1675. It preserves an imposing high altar with a fresco by the painter Raffaele Casnedi from Dumenza in the top
- Santissimo Crocifisso Church
- Palazzo Visconti
- Palazzo Scupiotti
- Old Mill dei Mauri
- Valsecchi old mill
- Some bridges over the Lambro river , for example Punt de la Fola , Punt di Gubitt and Ponte Oscuro, are also worth seeing.
politics
In addition to Mayor Maria Giulia Manzeni, who was elected in April 2008, the municipal council has 16 other members.
Parish partnership
Asso has been related to the French community of Saint-Péray in the Ardèche department since 2001 .
Personalities
- Giaconto Menotti Serrati (1872–1926), politician, socialist then communist
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 351.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Asso Online
photos
Web links
Commons : Asso - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Asso on lombardiabeniculturali.it architetture.
- Asso on lombardia.indettaglio.it, accessed January 9, 2016.
- Asso on comuni-italiani.
- Asso on tuttitalia.it/lombardia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ tower (photo)
- ↑ Church of San Giovanni Battista (photo)
- ↑ Santissimo Crocifisso Church (photo)
- ↑ Old Mill dei Mauri (photo)
- ↑ Old mill Valsecchi (photo)
- ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Giaconto Menotti Serrati. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 1, 2011 , accessed March 9, 2020 .