Azzate
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Azà | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 47 ' N , 8 ° 48' E | |
height | 332 m slm | |
surface | 4.72 km² | |
Residents | 4,691 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 994 inhabitants / km² | |
Factions | Castello, Erbamolle, Vegonno, Rione La Prussia, Roncasnino | |
Post Code | 21022 | |
prefix | 0332 | |
ISTAT number | 012006 | |
Popular name | azzatesi | |
Patron saint | Birth of Mary ( September 8th ) | |
Website | Azzate |
Azzate is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .
geography
The municipality is located about 4.5 kilometers southwest of Varese on Lake Varese and covers an area of 4.72 km² . Azzate includes the Castello , Erbamolle , Vegonno , Rione La Prussia and Roncasnino fractions . The neighboring municipalities are: Brunello , Buguggiate , Crosio della Valle , Daverio , Galliate Lombardo , Sumirago and Varese.
population
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year | 1751 | 1805 | 1809 | 1853 | 1871 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2016 | 2018 |
Residents | 498 | 831 | * 1860 | 1529 | 1541 | 1546 | 1508 | 1825 | 2346 | 3338 | 3712 | 3820 | 4554 | 4686 | 4714 |
- 1809 merger with Brunello
traffic
In the neighboring municipality of Buguggiate , the A8 autostrada begins with the Azzate-Buguggiate junction . Azzate is connected to the Vareses tram network and has one terminus.
Attractions
- Parish church Maria Nascente (14th century) with oil painting Vergine in trono col Bambino accanto a Santa Caterina, a San Gerolamo e ad un offerente by the painter Callisto Piazza (1542), a copy of the painting Cristo deposto dalla croce by Hans Holbein the Younger and others Paintings from the school of the painter Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, called il Morazzone; an organ (16th – 17th century, restored by Giovanni Mentasti, Varese , second half of the 19th century).
- Little church of Sant'Antonio with Renaissance portal and frescoes (15th - 16th centuries)
- Oratory of Santa Caterina in the Erbamolle district with frescoes by the painter Galdino da Varese (1504)
- Villa Bossi-Zampolli with frescoes by the painter Giovanni Battista Ronchelli (1777)
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 197.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Azzate Online (Italian) on books.google.ch
Web links
Commons : Azzate - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Azzate (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
- Azzate (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
- Azzate (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
- Azzate (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Renzo Dionigi: Church of Nativity, Giovanni Mentasti organ on www.flickr.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Oratorio Santa Caterina (photo) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed November 22, 2015