Cagno (Lombardy)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Lombardy | ||
| province | Como (CO) | ||
| local community | Solbiate con Cagno | ||
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 ' N , 8 ° 55' E | ||
| height | 405 m slm | ||
| surface | 3.53 km² | ||
| Residents | 2,038 (December 31, 2018) | ||
| Population density | 577 inhabitants / km² | ||
| patron | San Michele Arcangelo | ||
| Church day | September 29th | ||
| Telephone code | 031 | CAP | 22070 |
Cagno is a fraction of the Italian commune ( comune ) Solbiate con Cagno in the province of Como , Lombardy region .
geography
The place is about 13 kilometers west of Como and about 6.5 kilometers east of Varese in the Italian pre-Alps and borders directly on the province of Varese . The small river Rio Ranza runs north of the village.
history
Cagno was until 2018 an independent municipality and joined on 1 January 2019 the neighboring municipality Solbiate the new municipality Solbiate con Cagno together. The districts of Brughiera and Rocca also belonged to the municipality of Solbiate.
Attractions
- Parish Church of San Giorgio with Romanesque bell tower
- Prayer Chapel of San Rocco
Personalities
- Giovanni Maria Bernardoni (* 1541 in Cagno; † 1605 in Cracow ) was an Italian Jesuit and architect who brought the Baroque style to Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
Monument to the Fallen of Cagno
Romanesque bell tower
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 270.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Cagno Online
- Cagno on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
Web links
Commons : Cagno - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Il Comune di Solbiate con Cagno (CO). In: tuttitalia.it. Retrieved January 4, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Giovanni Maria Bernardoni at archive.org/stream (accessed November 30, 2016).