Cabiaglio Castle

Cabiaglio Castle
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Cabièj
Coordinates	45 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '38 "  N , 8 ° 45' 25"  E
height	514  m slm
surface	7.14 km²
Residents	559 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	78 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21030
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012043
Popular name	castellani
Patron saint	Appiano di Cesarea ( April 2nd )
Website	Cabiaglio Castle

Castello Cabiaglio municipality in the province of Varese

Piazza della Libertà

Castello Cabiaglio in winter

Castello Cabiaglio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The community had 559 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Castello Cabiaglio is located about 13 kilometers north-northwest of Varese in the Parco regional Campo dei Fiori and belongs to the Comunità montana Valli del Verbano . Castello Cabiaglio covers an area of ​​7.14  km² . The neighboring municipalities are Barasso , Brinzio , Comerio , Cuveglio , Cuvio , Luvinate , Rancio Valcuvia and Varese.

history

The area of ​​Castello Cabiaglio was already colonized in Roman times , as shown by the discovery of around ten tombs in 1889, the contents of which ( terracotta vases , objects made of glass, iron and imperial bronze coins) date back to the 1st century AD allowed. However, it is likely that the valley in which the village is located was inhabited as early as the 2nd millennium BC.

population

Population development
year	1751	1805	1853	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1881	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	278	368	460	604	623	599	458	382	384	444	503	530	591	588	562

Attractions

• The parish church of Sant'Appiano has the oil painting Madonna, Sant'Appiano e Sant'Agostino (1763) on the high altar, the oil painting Deposizione di Cristo (1764) in the chapel del Suffragio, the oil painting Sant'Appiano (around 1746) and frescoes in the sacristy in the presbytery (1774), all by the painter Giovanni Battista Ronchelli.

Personalities

• Giovanni Battista Ronchelli (born February 1, 1715 in Castello Cabiaglio, † January 24, 1788 ibid), painter

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 218.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Castello Cabiaglio Online in Italian.
• Various authors: Giovanni Battista Ronchelli - Atti del convegno nel 300º anno dalla nascita. Castello Cabiaglio, Associazione Culturale Gruppo Ronchelli, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Castello Cabiaglio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castello Cabiaglio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
• Castello Cabiaglio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
• Castello Cabiaglio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it/
• Castello Cabiaglio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.